By September 2011, Yelp was testifying against Googlein the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Google acquired Frommer’s brand of travel guides from Wiley s standards, it is another big indicator Google plans...
After the Senate Subcommittee investigation into Google last summer, we saw another questionable move on the part of investigators, this time by Senator Al Franken, who put out a YouTube video promoting a Google small business program even as he...
The SLC is a member of the Presidential Commission for AdSense Alternatives and an advisor to the House Subcommittee on Transparency. Of course, Singhal didn't disclose the actual ranking signals used in Google’s algorithms because he didn't want...
It seems an ominous warning now that Senators Herb Cole and Mike Lee from the subcommittee asked the FTC last month to launch an official investigation into Google based on their belief that it could be abusing its dominant position in the market...
Two of the US Senators involved in the subcommittee investigation this fall have asked the FTC to launch a formal antitrust investigation into Google, who they believe could be abusing their dominant position in the market, or may do so in the...
Kohl and Lee completed an investigation into Google, via a subcommittee, in September. The senators added that a key question for the FTC is whether Google favours its own online properties when serving search results, and suggested that Google's...
Senate subcommittee on Google’s growing power. Google officially became a teenager today. Other noteworthy buys include Zagat and BeatThatQuote.com (which Google was forced to penalize for using doorway pages).
People should be watching the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights hearing on "The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition? Regardless, Google has prepared its own website, Facts about...
Senate antitrust subcommittee, Google will have Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt to testify on their behalf. Google had been reluctant to have Mr. Google had hoped David Drummond would be able to continue his tenure as company antitrust face.
In addition, two senators, Herb Kohl (D-Wis.and Mike Lee (R-Utah), on the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, have announced plans to look into whether Google's competitors are being treated unfairly...
Herb Kohl (D-Wis.head of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, has announced that Google will face antitrust scrutiny due to its growing online dominance.
Herb Kohl (D-Wis.head of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, has announced that Google will face antitrust scrutiny due to its growing online dominance.
It will likely focus on several aspects of a bill presented by subcommittee chairman Bobby Rush (D-Ill. While privacy advocacy groups support the move, seems Google and others are against it. Companies such as Google have panned the idea, saying...
Jane Harman, D-CA, chair of the Intelligence Subcommittee of the Homeland Security. In the long list of legal issues Google is facing at the moment, here's another one to add to the record: Consumer Watchdog suspects the Mountain View-based company...
Rick Boucher (D-Virginia), the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, are pushing for greater regulation and the implementation of more aggressive opt-in policies. The antitrust discussions about Google's monopolistic...
Vice President of Policy and Head of Privacy Anne Toth today testified at the House Energy & Commerce Committee subcommittee's "Behavioral Advertising: Industry Practices and Consumer Expectations. First up, Google has been asked by a the European...
In a letter to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett, Kohl, Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust urges: Recognizing the nascent and fast-changing nature of this marketplace, we . Google Blog Search Redesigns as Meme Tracker...
In a letter to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett, Kohl, Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust urges: Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.is okay with the Google-Yahoo deal, but he wants the DOJ to keep a close eye on the implementation.
Google will be the focus of a hearing before the Senate subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy, and consumer rights. With Google, the position of a paid search ad was determined by the size of the bid and how frequently users clicked on the...
Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Google and Yahoo: The consequences for advertisers and consumers could be far-reaching and warrant careful...
