The EU Competition Commissioner has revealed more information about the remedies Google has proposed in order to settle a brewing antitrust case over its search operations. Google has offered to more clearly label its own promoted content from YouTube, Google Shopping and Google+ Local in order to better differentiate it from organic search results. It will give content providers a chance to opt out of Google scraping content from their sites. It will display links to competitors more prominently, and it will end exclusivity clauses in its advertising contracts.
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EC May Go Easy on Google
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 26, 2013 05:00 AMThe EU Competition Commissioner has revealed more information about the remedies Google has proposed in order to settle a brewing antitrust case over its search operations. Google has offered to more clearly label its own promoted content from YouTube, Google Shopping and Google+ Local in order to better differentiate it from organic search results. It will give content providers a chance to opt out of Google scraping content from their sites. It will display links to competitors more prominently, and it will end exclusivity clauses in its advertising contracts.