According to Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt is his business, not dominant in the search market. Also companies that are not as search engine be considered to be competing with Google, he says. The U.s. Senate is investigating whether Google has too much power.
Schmidt writes in response to questions from American Senaatsleden that he does not agree with the statement that Google is a dominant player in the search market. Schmidt admits that Google has a share of 65 percent in the market for searches, but that is only so if is a look into general search services, he says. Services such as Facebook, Twitter, Apple’s Siri and even Amazon to compete according to the ceo, however, also with Google.
“The question is not who Google is going to beat it with search, but what new model the position of search engines can take,” writes Schmidt. Although social networks, e-commerce and voice-search is indeed no search engines in the traditional sense of the word, they can have market share of Google compete, it seems Schmidt is saying.
The Google executive chairman, until april ceo of Google and now the function of chairman of the board, further states that Google’s own services are not voortrekt when displaying search results, as some critics and competitors claim. That certain Google functionality such as reviews of products, prominently displayed, is part of the search engine and not a separate service, claims Schmidt. Also would Google telefoonmakers not forcing them to Google software, and Google as default search engine; the search giant was well accused.
The Us Senate is currently investigating whether Google is dominant on the search market and so competition hampers. Initially refused to Schmidt to show up, but after the insistence of the commission of inquiry, said he still. In addition to the work of the Senate, there are comparable studies from the united states Federal Trade Commission, and the European Union.