by Patrick Daugherty
Is Google Guilty Of Antitrust Violations?
Can Google itself compete fairly with other companies when its search engine determines what users find – or don’t find – on the Internet?
Google this year has been gobbling up Web companies that look nothing like Google, from a social gaming start-up to a firm that powers most online sales for the airline industry.
As the tech giant spreads its reach, it is making new enemies who fear that once Google steps onto their turf it will use its almighty search engine to eliminate them. Now, these critics are pushing antitrust officials to block some of Google’s mergers or build a blockbuster case against the search behemoth, reminiscent of the government’s battle with Microsoft.
Yet as Google expands its ecosystem of products – a spread that already includes e-mail, a digital bookstore and cell phone software – it’s only become a bigger puzzle for regulators.
Antitrust law was crafted with bricks-and-mortar companies in mind, companies whose business lines fit into neat categories, not a firm like Google whose influence is spreading lightning-quick into different markets that are connected only by the Internet.
Most of these acquisitions have been in the last 3 yrs:
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