A few weeks ago the European Commission stated they may be looking to re-investigate Google over antitrust violations, but the original case started long before now. According to the Wall Street Journal it all appears to start with a British couple from Berkshire, England who started their price comparison shopping website in 2005 called ‘Foundem.’
For Shivaun and Adam Raff, (Foundem’s creators) it’s been an uphill battle with keeping Foundem inside of Google’s search rankings, although Foundem has been little more than a “zombie site” for years, says Ms. Raff. According to the duo, Google had penalties set in place which seemed to affect their website and resulted in Foundem being excluded from search results.
Foundem may have initially started the series of complaints against the search company, but they’re a fairly small entity compared to the other corporations and companies that followed with their own complaints, such as Trip Advisor, Expedia, and even Microsoft.
Full Content: The Wall Street Journal
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