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Re:Ask HN: If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anyth... by Dilpil on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @08:25AM (#616633)
If we want to accuse Google of taking anti-competitive actions, we have to at least decide what those actions are.
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Re:Ask HN: If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anyth... by OmarIsmail on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @09:18AM (#616703)
It'd have to be something like AdSense click-thru rates affecting search positions.

If there was a causation, then if you want higher SERPs, you'd need to use AdSense over competing ad providers. Essentially, using their monopoly in Search to be anti-competitive in text-ads.

I wonder if anybody has done such a test already...

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Re:Ask HN: If Google is a monopoly, should we be doing anyth... by vorador on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @11:21AM (#616929)
Subsidizing Mozilla to be the default search engine in firefox ?
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