The EC to slam Google with 400+ page SO2011-12-02 10:06 by DanielaTags: EC, Google
The European Commission is to issue a lengthy Statement of Objections, the equivalent of a preliminary finding, against Google for abusing its market dominance, according to a newspaper report. The probe was prompted by complaints from several rivals including Foundem, eJustice, and Microsoft-owned Ciao, which claimed that Google had unfairly manipulated search results by lowering the rankings of competing services and elevating its own offerings in unpaid results. The commission is also looking into claims that Google lowered so-called "Quality Scores," a factor that helps determine the price advertisers pay to Google, for sponsored links from the rivals. If two advertisers use the same keywords, the one with the lower Quality Score has to pay more to rank evenly with the one that has the higher score. Read more -here-
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