High profile anti-trust groups are calling for Google to be split into smaller companies, claiming their monopoly of the search market is insufferable. The charge is lead by Consumer Watchdog, a consumer advocacy group that has targeted Google before. The group has indicated that they will be calling on the US government to open an [...]
Should Google be Dismantled?
April 21st, 2010Bartz Downplaying Yahoo’s Future in Search?
September 17th, 2009A partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo in the form of a search /advertising deal is struggling under the weight of scrutiny from the DOJ. Yahoo was considered the third most influential search engine until they faltered last year, nearly accepting a buyout from Microsoft, flirting with a deal with Google, and finally plea bargaining with [...]
Micro-Hoo Needs Investigating, says DOJ
September 13th, 2009Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. are being looked at by the U.S. Justice Department because of their proposed Internet-search partnership. This is what broke the Google / Yahoo! deal last year. Regulators will be conducting an extensive examination before approving or rejecting the deal. Both companies will be interrogated about their search-engine investments and ad [...]
Google-Hoo a Failure to Launch?
October 31st, 2008The much anticipated partnership between Google and yahoo to allow Google ads to be displayed nest to Yahoo search results if floundering, say sources close to the situation. Talks seem to be breaking down over the Department of Justice’s concerns over the duo teaming up, and Microsoft’s senior vice president and legal counsel, Brad Smith [...]
Google-hoo Still Under Fire – Blames Microsoft
September 24th, 2008The controversy over the ad partnership between Google and Yahoo continues to rage. Google CEO Eric Schmidt says “”I am quite sure that Microsoft is helping everyone get upset about things,” and adds that Google is “playing by the rules.” Other major players don’t seem convinced. The World federation of Newspapers has joined the anti [...]













