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Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings

by paulson
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Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.The antitrust inquiry disclosed by Google late Friday is just the latest sign of the intensifying scrutiny facing the company as it enters its adolescence. Since its inception in a Silicon Valley garage 12 years ago, Google has gone from a quirky startup to one of the world's most influential businesses with annual revenue approaching $30 billion.
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Source: The Associated Press: Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings

The investigation is based on doubts, not yet proved or any evidence has been produced so far. I hope that Google comes out of this issue with a clean chit. As millions of people around the world trust Google and respect it and millions depend on Google right from web masters, SEO experts, Internet Marketers, Small to large business corporations. This is a serious charge ' does Google manipulate search results?' . If the charge or allegation is proved , this would be the worst set back for web users/online businesses in the history of Internet.
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  • Profile picture of the author ButterflyGarden
    They are an independent company. Are they really required to have unbiased results?

    Think about it, if you run a directory and have a search function you can skew results for other sites in the directory.
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  • Profile picture of the author spearce000
    They're in business to make money (like the rest of us) of course they're going to favour their own results. Is that fair? Probably not, but life isn't fair.
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