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A comment on Yelp’s Six-Year Conflict with Google. Parent comment

Re:Yelp’s Six-Year Conflict with Google by notatoad on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:57PM (#14698578)
It's displaying ads above the search results. That's what google does. It's their whole business. It's not pushing their own review services over yelp, it's advertising alongside search results.
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Re:Yelp’s Six-Year Conflict with Google by simion314 on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @06:11PM (#14698657)
What about when they put a Chrome ad even if you are not searching for replacing your browser? So the main point with the EU antitrust is not about yelp but about Google putting it's own stuff on top , not about the ads.
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Re:Yelp’s Six-Year Conflict with Google by Canning on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @02:41PM (#14705060)
This one should stand out to most people so it's no surprise to me that EU took note as well.
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Re:Yelp’s Six-Year Conflict with Google by tyingq on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @06:50PM (#14698819)
That's likely the crux of the complaint. It's not alongside, it's on top of...and "over" Yelp.

And the query specifically included the word Yelp.

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Re:Yelp’s Six-Year Conflict with Google by quadrangle on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @09:50PM (#14699505)
No, when Google just lists local businesses and puts them on a map, that's NOT ads. Businesses get listed at no charge.
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