Antitrust: Commission obtains from Google comparable display of specialised search rivals

EU News 54/2014

Brussels, 5 February 2014
IP/14/116

The European Commission has obtained an improved commitments proposal from Google in the context of the ongoing antitrust investigation on online search and search advertising. In its proposal, Google has now accepted to guarantee that whenever it promotes its own specialised search services on its web page (e.g. for products, hotels, restaurants, etc.), the services of three rivals, selected through an objective method, 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 (see also MEMO/14/87). This principle will apply not only for existing specialised search services, but also to changes in the presentation of those services and for future services.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-116_en.htm?locale=en

Joaquín Almunia Date: 05/02/2014 Reference: P-024952/00-02 (C)EU, 2014 URL

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