News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on How Google uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and contractors for search results. Parent comment

Re:How Google uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and contract... by dave_b on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:52PM (#21549888)
Business model has nothing to with anti-competitive behavior, it’s about being in the same industry / providing the same service.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Google uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and contract... by zepto on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:55PM (#21549897)
Suppressing sites that display advertising seems like it is anticompetitive behavior against other ad networks, no?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Google uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and contract... by strbean on Friday November 15, 2019 @07:42PM (#21550102)
Only if they targeted sites that didn't use AdSense and let sites that did use AdSense place ads wherever they wanted.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Google uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and contract... by zepto on Friday November 15, 2019 @10:00PM (#21550700)
Since their own ads on the search results page are not targeted that is a clear yes then.
[ Parent | on HN ]