Is Google The Next MIcrosoft? (illegal, companies, federal, best)

[knowledgeiskey]

he Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission is preparing to serve subpoena papers to search giant Google and begin a federal anitrust probe into the company. If the probe goes forward, this could be Google’s biggest legal challenge to date. The investigation is expected to center around Google’s promotional search and advertising practices. Services like Kayak and Microsoft say that Google holds their sites to a higher standard for search position than Google’s own pages, routing users to Google’s own products unfairly. Google maintains that it has done nothing wrong, and that it simply provides the best search results regardless of their source. The WSJ points out that while it is not illegal in the US to operate a monopoly, companies can be prosecuted for abusing or illegally obtaining one.
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FTC Prepares to Subpoena Google in Antitrust Investigation | Geekosystem




I think Google needs to fall back. It's getting too big.

[HurricaneDC]

If they're not abusing or illegally obtaining one then there's no problem. It's not Google's fault that their competitors dragged their feet for far too long before deciding "hurr durrr we should probably try and make an effort to beat Google."