Google Accused Of Fixing Search Results In India

With Google being one of the largest and most popular search engines in the world, it is easy to see how tempting it would be for the company to produce search results that would favor them, like lead them back to the company’s own products or services, and so on. In fact over in Europe, that is exactly what Google has been accused of doing.

However it looks like Europe isn’t the only place in the world that feels that way. Over in India, it seems like the Indian government has accused Google of fixing search results in the country. The country’s Competition Commission has accused Google of abusing its dominance in the search market.

These accusations come from complaints from companies such as Microsoft and Flipkart. The latter company claims that its position in the search engine ranks only go higher whenever they buy more advertising from Google, meaning that if you don’t have the money for advertising, your site could be pushed back despite it possibly being more relevant.

Do these accusations hold any weight? While Google has yet to respond to the accusations in India, over in Europe Google has pretty much dismissed claims of antitrust violations, but what say you? Do you agree that Google might be guilty in this?

Tyler Lee
Categories: Web
Tags: Google