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"Google can do whatever it wants" - wouldn't this be anti-competitive behaviour if they stated favouring certain sites in their algorithm? I seem to remember r
by fasicle 7y ago
"Google can do whatever it wants" - wouldn't this be anti-competitive behaviour if they stated favouring certain sites in their algorithm?
I seem to remember reading somewhere that they get audited to make sure they don't do this, although can't find the link.
- kadoban 7y agoI would think they're perfectly allowed to favor certain sites over others, especially with good reasons for doing so. What I would expect to be illegal would be overly favoring their own sites/services over those of competitors, since they are so big and that would be abusing their search marketshare to spread into other markets.
- ceejayoz 7y ago> What I would expect to be illegal would be overly favoring their own sites/services over those of competitors They've been doing this for years in search results, progressively so.
- kadoban 7y agoDidn't the EU get on them for that and they had to pay a large fine? Can't recall the details of what was the offending behavior.
- ceejayoz 7y agoYes, but specifically for their shopping product. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/27/534524024/google-hit-with-2-7-billion-fine-by-european-antitrust-monitor https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/27/534524024... The practice continues (and continues to worsen), at least in their US version. I can't speak for their European sites.