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Google was pushing sites that used AMP higher in search results. They are currently facing lawsuits in court in both the US and EU I believe for anti-competiti
by tristan957 6y ago
Google was pushing sites that used AMP higher in search results.
They are currently facing lawsuits in court in both the US and EU I believe for anti-competitive practices, AMP being one of them.
* Google no longer treats AMP pages as special as of a few weeks ago.
- stetrain 6y agoYes, the favoritism in search results for sites using your own tech could definitely be an antitrust issue.
- mkl 6y agoIt looks like Google still treats AMP pages as special, and will for a few more months, as announced a few weeks ago: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2020/11/timing-for-page-experience https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2020/11/timing-for... https://searchengineland.com/amp-wont-be-required-for-googles-top-stories-section-335276 https://searchengineland.com/amp-wont-be-required-for-google... https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/11/19/as-antitrust-pressure-mounts-google-to-pull-back-benefit-to-news-sites-that-adopted-its-preferred-mobile-technology https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/11/19/as-antitru...