Google finally responds to Europe's antitrust charges

Post by aruggirello » Sat, Aug 29, 2015, 7:53 AM UTC

Spivak wrote: post #38

thomasahle wrote: post #17

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I tried it: http://i.imgur.com/a45wZdf.png And while the top 'results' were not 'organic', they were not ads either. They were simply the top rated hotels on google maps near Chicago. When I clicked on 'More hotel', I was taken to google maps, which showed me top rated hotels as well as ads for hotels. In terms of giving me the most relevant results, I think this is pretty close.

You have an ad blocker. This is what the actual results are on a 1080p screen. http://i.imgur.com/5Te0gmG.png

Isn't it funny Google even states "About 650.000.000 results" in that page!?

Post by CardenB » Sun, Aug 30, 2015, 4:46 PM UTC

rm_-rf_slash wrote: post #29

raldi wrote: post #27

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> And if I had an idea for a better social network, I could replace Facebook. Not necessarily. There are gigantic network effects propping Facebook up. A Facebook user who wants to try another social network needs to convince all their friends to move. And each of them has to convince their friends. But to try another search engine takes takes about five seconds. You could switch from Google to Bing immediately and n…

Well, um, that's exactly my point. It's not that I can switch to another service, it's that other people won't, unless they each have a strong reason to. So if I feel a ubiquitous web service maligns my business, I should be concerned about their power over the populace, not just me.

I think you misunderstood his argument. His point is that you won't switch from Facebook because your friends won't switch, while your friends have no bearing on your choice of search engine.

Re: Google finally responds to Europe's antitrust charges

Re: Google finally responds to Europe's antitrust charges