Monday, August 31, 2015

India says Google may have rigged search results

India has some concerns about Google's search practices. According to The Economic Times, India's competition regulator has filed a report accusing Google of rigging its search results in a way that favors Google's own properties, as well as third parties paying for ad spots within the results. The Competition Commission of India is said to have found that Google is ranking its own websites above the websites of competitors, even when its competitors do more traffic and should seemingly be give higher placement. The commission also takes issue with Google's search results placing advertised links above links that are more relevant, which seems like more of a disagreement over how advertising should work.

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