Events: European Union announced that the Google search launched an antitrust investigation
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The European Commission on November 30 local time, the company announced Google search for alleged abuse of its dominant position in online rivals and antitrust investigations excluded
【Financial Network correspondent Shangji Gang PCMAG news, according to the European Commission in November 30 local time, Google announced the company was involved in abusing its dominance in online search rivals squeezed antitrust investigation.
Start of the EU antitrust investigation of Google before, there have been complaints for non-network providers paid or sponsored, and led to Google's search results "by the inappropriate treatment," the EU statement, the Commission also pointed out that Google's services tend to their own place in the search priority and favorable position. EU says Google announced to carry out its anti-monopoly investigation, does not mean that any conclusions have been reached, only said it would investigate further.
The EU will focus on investigating whether Google intends to reduce its competitors in the unpaid search results ranking, but to their own services priority ranking. EU will investigate Google think that the operation of the mass fraction of sponsored links, advertising revenue has reached multi-purpose service charges. In addition, Google has also accused the imposing exclusive online advertising partner received obligations prohibit them from running on its Web site advertising of certain competitors, thereby crowding out other search service providers.
"Google has been working hard to do the right customers and the industry and valuable thing: to ensure that ads value has been widely recognized; allows users to search for services in the conversion easy access to desired data; and has been increasing investment in open source projects. "Google announced in the European Union antitrust investigation, said in a statement that," Despite much effort, but we still have room for improvement, so we will meet the EU investigation and eliminate their concerns. "
In February of this year, Google received a notice of the European Union, because there are a number of companies Google Inc. filed for antitrust allegations. These companies complained to the EU the reason Google, mainly because they provide online price comparison search service by Google Inc. injustice.
These complaints were from the French legal search engines service providers Foundem, Microsoft bing s ciao. Google lawyer Julia □ Hertz said, ciao Microsoft through the acquisition of the actual control of the company, but also because the Parent Group ICOMP Foundem received indirectly funded by Microsoft, Microsoft's influence.
Google senior vice president of product management Susan □ Wo Xizi in a blog on the evening of 30 stressed: "Not every site can appear on the first page of search results, so there is always Internet service providers on their ranking in Google dissatisfaction, the most important thing is to satisfy customers as much as possible. "
As Local 30, the stock market close, Google stock (NASDAQ: GOOG) closed at $ 555.71, down 4.54%.
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