Authority US: Google attracts its own products in search results

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Google pulls its own products, not for in the results of search engine. That has the Us antitrust authority FTC ruled. However, Google will stop showing ratings from gebruikersreviews of competitive services.

The FTC concludes that the way in which Google search results from its own services view “on plausible manner can be justified as innovations to Googles products, to improve’. Google does its ‘universal search’ is not to adjust as a result of the investigation by the FTC, that months.

In the opinion of the FTC is part of a large settlement, following various investigations into Google. The FTC and Google speak therein that Google parts from reviews from various competitors, with a visual display of, for example, gebruikersreviews in star, will remove. Also promises the search giant to no competitors to complain because of certain essential patents, something that Samsung in the EU has already on the fingers is crazy. Google bought, with the purchase of Motorola last year, many patents that are essential for standards such as 3g.

The settlement can be on many critics charge, even from the FTC itself. One of the members of the commission has a letter posted online criticizing the state of affairs. His main critiques are that the settlement is voluntary. If Google still competitors are reporting for the above-mentioned essential patents, wait there is no penalty. He also thinks that is not the case with the FTC belonged to, because the market share of Google on the disputed points, such as shopping, far too low to speak of a monopoly.

Also, competitor Microsoft has problems with the settlement. Thus, according to the Redmondse company various matters not addressed and it would be strange that Google’s own services voortrekt in the name of the user, while according to the company argued that results from Google+ more relevant than, for example, that from Facebook.

Google shows that it is satisfied with the settlement. Not all investigations into Google’s market position are completed. In the European Union is still a study.