The FTC previously mounted an investigation into whether Google was using its search dominance to promote its own services more than those of its competitors. The FTC reportedly began the investigation following demands from a number of unnamed...
However, when comparing year to year, Yahoo and Microsoft are merely swapping market share between themselves, rather than making a dent in Google’s dominance, something Mayer, sees as a major problem.
A month after hitting its highest U.S.search market share in February (67.5 percent), Google saw both Bing and Yahoo steal away what essentially amounts to crumbs from the giant pie that is Google's dominance, according to comScore.
Failure to act will only embolden Google to repeat its desktop abuses of dominance as consumers increasingly turn to a mobile platform dominated by Google's Android operating system. We are asking the Commission to move quickly and decisively to...
Ads that aren’t relevant, or annoy searchers, threaten Google’s dominance by diminishing the search experience. Just as their rose to dominance based on a slight edge, lots of people are out there trying to create better search engines, aiming to...
The Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP), which is backed by the likes of Microsoft, welcomed Google's response but said the most important thing was for the EC to act to curb any excesses in market dominance.
This stat, combined with Google’s complete dominance of the Search market, makes Google the single most important referring domain in this segment. Most reports in the last few years have shown a consistent, strong dominance of the market with...
Although the figures show Google has lost market share to its rivals, its huge share, at almost nine-tenth of the entire market, underlines its dominance in the sector. Google has seen its share of the UK search market fall to its lowest level in...
Yandex is the primary and most popular of all Russian-language search engines with significant market dominance in Russia. In recent years, search market share has remained mostly unchanged – for much of the world, it’s Google followed by every...
The FTC wants Google to resolve its concerns over the firm's dominance in the Internet search market. The firm has been in talks with the FTC for about a week, with Bloomberg's source saying the commission is trying to decide whether there is a...
Tencent's Qzone claims to have almost half a billion members itself in China – an obvious stumbling block in Facebook's quest for complete worldwide dominance. There are some market-specific competitors that are huge in their own spheres of influence:
Citing “three people familiar with the matter,” Reuters reported Saturday that four of the five FTC commissioners are convinced Google “illegally used its dominance of the search market to hurt its rivals.
If you take a more measured approach by segmenting your bids at the product level, you can retain market dominance and ensure long-term success. Moreover, the new landscape offers you a distinct opportunity to get in the game before your...
Seznam is not far behind Google within the Czech Republic and China still represents a huge stumbling block in Google's quest for complete world dominance. Are your products allowed to be exported into the target market in the first place?
Adding in Google’s 90+ percent dominance on mobile search would skew the stats further in favor of Google. For the second straight month Bing saw its U.S.search engine market share on the rise. Meanwhile, Google held steady, duplicating its record...
From the early questions regarding Michael Phelps’ legacy (not an issue) to Usain Bolt’s dominance in sprinting (quite dominant) we are rarely at a loss for discussion topics when it comes to the Olympics.
Giovanni Pitruzzella said that Google's search dominance could lead the company to a publishing monopoly. In the course of a few years, Google could become a monopoly in [the publishing] market," said Pitruzzella on the Italian Parliament floor...
As Google vies to maintain their dominance of the online advertising market, they made a play today for a bigger chunk of the mobile ads pie. They currently control over 44 percent of the global online advertising market and Google+ Local is one...
Last month, we looked at the U.S.mobile ad revenue forecast, drilling down on search's growth and dominance among ad formats (i.e.search, display, SMS, video). Because of Google's 95 percent share of mobile search, its disclosures are useful in...
Several of Google's key rivals, including Microsoft, have filed complaints with both U.S.and European regulators, citing their concerns with Google's market dominance, with the European Commission launching its own investigation into the firm last...
