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But Amazon is essentially a market place. Google is a search site.
by alansammarone 9y ago
But Amazon is essentially a market place. Google is a search site.
- icebraining 9y agoMore specifically, Google Search is a search site. I'm sure the EU has no problem with Google Shopping, as long as it remains a separate product.
- IanCal 9y agoYes, the problem was Google Search treating Google Shopping (formerly froogle) differently to competitors. Froogle was doing badly (from internal memos), and then when google started treating it differently it started doing well and other competitors started losing market share. Being in a dominant market position wasn't a problem, and nor was them creating Google Shopping. It was using their dominant market position to give Google Shopping a benefit nobody else could get. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1784_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1784_en.htm
- s17n 9y agoThose are arbitrary categories. You could argue (as Google does) that buying products and discovering web sites are both just subcategories of "search". Conversely, you could argue that buying books and buying clothes are completely separate businesses.