Google has been tampering with the responses its search engine gives to queries and, as a result, has been hurting social welfare, alleges a survey conducted by Michael Luca, a Harvard Business School economist, and Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School and former Federal Trade Commission advisor. Yelp sponsored the research.
The team last week sent a paper reporting the results to the European Commission. It was presented at the Antitrust Enforcement Symposium in Oxford, England, over the weekend.
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Yelp Study Blasts Google for Screwing With Search
Posted by: Quinten Plummer June 30, 2015 10:56 AMGoogle has been tampering with the responses its search engine gives to queries and, as a result, has been hurting social welfare, alleges a survey conducted by Michael Luca, a Harvard Business School economist, and Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School and former Federal Trade Commission advisor. Yelp sponsored the research.
The team last week sent a paper reporting the results to the European Commission. It was presented at the Antitrust Enforcement Symposium in Oxford, England, over the weekend.