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**AnaSCI** · **Google $2.7B EU Fine -** 06-27-2017, 12:17 PM

Won't make a dent. Google's huge..

Google Slapped With $2.7 Billion EU Fine Over Search Results

Google abused its ***inant position in the search engine market to illegally promote its comparison shopping service, the European Union's top antitrust authority ruled Tuesday, slapping the company with a €2.42 billion ($2.72 billion) fine.

The consequence could be still greater differences in the ways Google presents search results to users in the U.S. and to those in the EU.

The European Commission gave the the company 90 days to change its ways or face additional fines of up to 5 percent of average daily worldwide sales of parent company Alphabet for each day that the infringement continued.

The Commission's ruling targets the way Google uses its search service to promote another service, "Google Shopping", previously known as Google Product Search and Froogle.

Google gives its own service a prominent place in its general search results, above that of rival comparison shopping services, the Commission said, noting that even the most highly ranked competing service appears on average only on page four of Google's search results.

"As a result, competitors are much less likely to be clicked on," said EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, during a news conference Tuesday.

Google responded: "People usually prefer links that take them directly to the products they want, not to websites where they have to repeat their searches."

Competitors saw their traffic drop by as much as 90 percent as a result of Google's behavior, Vestager said, while Google gained revenue by driving visitors to its own service.

**odin** · 06-28-2017, 07:22 PM

Don't see them having an issue paying that or finding ways to continue doing what they're doing.

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AnaSCI ADMINISTRATOR Online Posts: 8,442 Join Date: Sep 2003	Google $2.7B EU Fine - 06-27-2017, 12:17 PM Won't make a dent. Google's huge.. Google Slapped With $2.7 Billion EU Fine Over Search Results Google abused its *inant position in the search engine market to illegally promote its comparison shopping service, the European Union's top antitrust authority ruled Tuesday, slapping the company with a €2.42 billion ($2.72 billion) fine. The consequence could be still greater differences in the ways Google presents search results to users in the U.S. and to those in the EU. The European Commission gave the the company 90 days to change its ways or face additional fines of up to 5 percent of average daily worldwide sales of parent company Alphabet for each day that the infringement continued. The Commission's ruling targets the way Google uses its search service to promote another service, "Google Shopping", previously known as Google Product Search and Froogle. Google gives its own service a prominent place in its general search results, above that of rival comparison shopping services, the Commission said, noting that even the most highly ranked competing service appears on average only on page four of Google's search results. "As a result, competitors are much less likely to be clicked on," said EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, during a news conference Tuesday. Google responded: "People usually prefer links that take them directly to the products they want, not to websites where they have to repeat their searches." Competitors saw their traffic drop by as much as 90 percent as a result of Google's behavior, Vestager said, while Google gained revenue by driving visitors to its own service. LIKE - AnaSCI Facebook SUBSCRIBE - AnaSCI YouTube Visit Our MAJOR Sponsors: SYNTHETEK - Best hardcore bodybuilding products STERILESYRINGES - Get your Needles and Syringes from here PURE SUPPLEMENT POWDERS - All lab certified IPGEAR - Been around since 1999 ALINSHOP - The Original and BEST Euro Supplier DIRECT-VIP - Largest Selection of AAS Available ANABOLIC RAWS - Raw Supplier CHEMBJ - Peptides, Raws, Semi-Finished Oils YCGMP - Peptides, Raws, Semi-Finished Oils UNITED ANABOLICS - Pharmaceutical Grade PROFESSIONALMUSCLE STORE** - The Largest Selection of Supplements

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odin AnaSCI VET Offline Posts: 1,748 Join Date: Feb 2007	06-28-2017, 07:22 PM Don't see them having an issue paying that or finding ways to continue doing what they're doing. "The foolish man thinks he will live for ever, if he keeps away from fighting; but old age won't grant him a truce even if the spears do."