Google has submitted a formal set of remedies to the EU Competition Commissioner, which will be shared with competing companies and customers as part of the settlement negotiations.
The remedies that Google has suggested have not yet been made public, but reading between the lines of Commissioner Joaquin Almunia’s statement, it appears Google will be offering more choice to users, including content from rivals’ sites. “To avoid abuse, we need to guarantee that users of the search engine have a choice and that search results have the highest possible quality,” Almunia told reporters.
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Google Bends to Dodge European Blow
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 12, 2013 10:39 AMGoogle has submitted a formal set of remedies to the EU Competition Commissioner, which will be shared with competing companies and customers as part of the settlement negotiations.
The remedies that Google has suggested have not yet been made public, but reading between the lines of Commissioner Joaquin Almunia’s statement, it appears Google will be offering more choice to users, including content from rivals’ sites. “To avoid abuse, we need to guarantee that users of the search engine have a choice and that search results have the highest possible quality,” Almunia told reporters.