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> No, not at all. > The statement was mostly about Google scraping data and not linking back That's been somewhat the narrative around here, but that doesn't

> No, not at all. > The statement was mostly about Google scraping data and not linking back That's been somewhat the narrative around here, but that doesn't appear to be true at all: > The Statement of Objections takes the preliminary view that in order to remedy the conduct, Google should treat its own comparison shopping service and those of rivals in the same way. This would not interfere with either the algorithms Google applies or how it designs its search results pages. It would, however, mean that when Google shows comparison shopping services in response to a user's query, the most relevant service or services would be selected to appear in Google's search results pages. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-4781_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-4781_en.htm I didn't realize this. I thought it was more wide ranging.

germanier 11y ago
There is a separate formal investigation on Android currently: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/case_details.cfm?proc_code=1_40099 http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/case_details.cf... Additionally, the EC currently looks into Google's "copying of rivals’ web content (known as 'scraping'), exclusivity in its agreements with advertising partners and undue restrictions of advertisers' ability to use competing advertising platforms" (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-4785_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-4785_en.ht...) but that hasn't reached the formal stage yet.
- magicalist 11y ago
  So the answer to my question is still "yes", the statement of objections was only about comparison shopping :) > but that hasn't reached the formal stage yet and it may never, considering the changes made for the FTC.
_rpd 11y ago
I tried to replicate the results of the BBC article to see what the fuss was about, but the search results did in fact list 'rival' price comparison shopping sites. It took me a while to realize that this was because I had adblock turned on.

germanier 11y ago

There is a separate formal investigation on Android currently: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/case_details.cfm?proc_code=1_40099 http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/case_details.cf... Additionally, the EC currently looks into Google's "copying of rivals’ web content (known as 'scraping'), exclusivity in its agreements with advertising partners and undue restrictions of advertisers' ability to use competing advertising platforms" (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-4785_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-15-4785_en.ht...) but that hasn't reached the formal stage yet.

magicalist 11y ago
So the answer to my question is still "yes", the statement of objections was only about comparison shopping :) > but that hasn't reached the formal stage yet and it may never, considering the changes made for the FTC.

_rpd 11y ago

I tried to replicate the results of the BBC article to see what the fuss was about, but the search results did in fact list 'rival' price comparison shopping sites. It took me a while to realize that this was because I had adblock turned on.