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Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result... by elorant on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:20PM (#14471068)
Because in Europe, Google owns 90% of search. It's pretty much a monopoly. And one reason for that, probably the prime reason, is that they got in very early and in localized searches they're light years ahead of competition.
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Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result... by euyyn on Friday June 02, 2017 @12:50PM (#14471338)
> probably the prime reason, is that they got in very early

What? Altavista, Lycos, Yahoo, ...

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Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result... by amelius on Friday June 02, 2017 @01:06PM (#14471506)
The reason is that they were just a little bit better than those three competitors. And the market was still small, and thus the market could still converge on another contender. So time played a role.
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Re:Google could face a $9B EU fine for rigging search result... by elorant on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:17PM (#14472155)
None of them is/was as good as Google in localized results.
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