USA Today
Google has come under fire for allegedly using predatory monopolistic business practices. In this debate , sponsored by the Federalist Society in Washington D.C. this week, Precursor tech industry analyst Scott Cleland accused the search giant of engaging in "pervasive predatory anti-competitive behavior that is seriously harming competition."
Cleland supplied a long list of alleged Google sins, ranging from "price-fixing and auction-manipulation" stemming from its bread-and-butter search advertising business, to "proactively thwarting" the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo merger last year.
Cleland supplied a long list of alleged Google sins, ranging from "price-fixing and auction-manipulation" stemming from its bread-and-butter search advertising business, to "proactively thwarting" the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo merger last year.
He also outlined a case for how Google steers online advertising spending towards search ads, which it dominates, and away from display ads, which big media companies are scrambling to tap.
Google anti-trust attorney Susan Creighton, acknowledged the copyright lawsuit brought by authors and publishers miffed at Google's campaign to digitize library books. Beyond that, she argued that there are no anti-trust allegations of merit that she knows of. Creighton, who served as the Federal Trade Commission's competition director under President George W. Bush, reiterated Google's long-espoused assertion that Google SEO is always just one click away from losing a customer.
Google anti-trust attorney Susan Creighton, acknowledged the copyright lawsuit brought by authors and publishers miffed at Google's campaign to digitize library books. Beyond that, she argued that there are no anti-trust allegations of merit that she knows of. Creighton, who served as the Federal Trade Commission's competition director under President George W. Bush, reiterated Google's long-espoused assertion that Google SEO is always just one click away from losing a customer.
