The company has agreed to show competing services in the same manner as its own in search results, allaying EU fears. February 5, 2014 4:41 AM PST Google and the European Union have finally come to an agreement over competition in the company's search results. The European Union's competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia announced on Wednesday that Google will now display search results for its own services in the same manner as those of competing offerings. Google will be required to show three competing services to its own products, such as its online Office suite Google Docs. According to Almunia, the three competitors will be chosen "through an objective method [and] will also be displayed in a way that is clearly visible to users and comparable to the way in which Google displays its own services." More to come...
The company has agreed to show competing services in the same manner as its own in search results, allaying EU fears.
Google and the European Union have finally come to an agreement over competition in the company's search results.
The European Union's competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia announced on Wednesday that Google will now display search results for its own services in the same manner as those of competing offerings. Google will be required to show three competing services to its own products, such as its online Office suite Google Docs.
According to Almunia, the three competitors will be chosen "through an objective method [and] will also be displayed in a way that is clearly visible to users and comparable to the way in which Google displays its own services."
More to come...
