Google
temporary escaped of being prosecuted. According to Digital Marketing Agenc, “regulators at
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had been investigating complaints from
Google's rivals about its dominance of the internet search industry.” As a
result, some FTC officials wanted to prosecute Google.
However,
fortunately, Google has been persuaded to change the way its software worked.
Google said, “the exhaustive review showed there was no harm to competitors or
consumers.”
The
regulator's officials obtained and gathered nine million documents and evidence from firms including
Yelp, TripAdvisor and Amazon, who had accused Google of taking content from
their web pages, during its investigation.
In a statement Google said: "After an
exhaustive 19-month review, covering nine million pages of documents and many
hours of testimony, the FTC staff and all five commissioners agreed that there
was no need to take action on how we rank and display search results."
The Agency, in its conclusion, said, “the
company had not abused its market position to hurt rivals.”
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