Re:Google Unfairly Curbs Web Ads and Skews Search, EU Alleges
by gpderetta on Thursday July 14, 2016 @10:07AM
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I do agree that very likely there is no intent to prefer their own properties.
But if such an intent exists, it is very likely that an email trail would prove it and it might surface during disclosure in a trial.
Re:Google Unfairly Curbs Web Ads and Skews Search, EU Alleges
by halfnhalf on Thursday July 14, 2016 @10:53AM
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Anyone running a 5 year probe would consider this. There's no way this is the only evidence they would come up with.
Re:Google Unfairly Curbs Web Ads and Skews Search, EU Alleges
by tedunangst on Thursday July 14, 2016 @02:17PM
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Or... The probe kept going for five years because it failed to turn up anything interesting. The length of an investigation is usually a poor measure of its merit.
They are trying to find what people want to see when they search. If most people who search "email" want Gmail, then it should be at the top.
It's going to be almost impossible to prove that they aren't just better than the competitors at finding what people want vs manipulating search results in their favor.