Why Is Obama's Top Antitrust Cop Gunning for Google?

recently, Google's size and ambitions have begun to obscure its halo. Advertisers have watched nervously as the company's share of the search-advertising market has jumped to 75 percent from 50 percent over the past three years. In 2007, Google attracted a yearlong antitrust review from US and European regulators after it announced plans to acquire online ad firm DoubleClick. In 2008, the DOJ swatted down a search-ad deal Google had made with Yahoo, ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via NewsRack (Innovation), Wired
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jul 20, 2009 - 9:30 PM PDT
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