FTC Report Shows How Google Skewed Search Results

Rolfe Winkler and Brody Mullins (via John Gruber): Instead, Google would “automatically boost” its own sites for certain specialized searches that otherwise would favor rivals, the FTC found. If a comparison-shopping site was supposed to rank highly, Google Product Search was placed above it. When Yelp was deemed relevant to a user’s search query, Google … Continue reading FTC Report Shows How Google Skewed Search Results