Google rigs its results
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:01 am
Of course, they are in business to get as much money as possible for their self.
"Google rigs its results," say critics at Senate antitrust hearing
"Google abandoned these core principles [of fair play] when they started interfering with profits and profit growth," said Nextag CEO Jeff Katz today before a Senate antitrust hearing on the search giant. "Today, Google doesn’t play fair. Google rigs its results, biasing in favor of Google Shopping and against competitors like us."
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman joined the firing squad and told senators that "Google is no longer in the business of sending people to the best sources of information on the Web. It now hopes to be a destination site itself for one vertical market after another, including news, shopping, travel, and now, local business reviews."
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"Google abandoned these core principles [of fair play] when they started interfering with profits and profit growth," said Nextag CEO Jeff Katz today before a Senate antitrust hearing on the search giant. "Today, Google doesn’t play fair. Google rigs its results, biasing in favor of Google Shopping and against competitors like us."
Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman joined the firing squad and told senators that "Google is no longer in the business of sending people to the best sources of information on the Web. It now hopes to be a destination site itself for one vertical market after another, including news, shopping, travel, and now, local business reviews."
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