Dec 24, 2009
Among the criticisms, a handful of online review sites allege that Google is using their commentary and ratings on its new directory service, Place Pages for Google Maps, in a way that discourages people from clicking through to sites like Citysearch, TripAdvisor LLC and OpenTable Inc.

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Google’s dominance draws interest of regulators

Rafer sez:
As I’ve been saying, Semantic Search Provides No Clicks. However, it never occurred to me that one-box results might qualify as bundling from the DOJ’s trust-busting perspective. That’s awesome.

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