Leave Google alone ;)
Google just confirmed that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating them. Propably because other websites like Expedia, TripAdvisor, WebMD have complained that Google might prefer their own websites over others in their search results. I see why they might be upset about this but to be honest I don’t see why Google should care.
Sure, Google is the biggest web search provider around and everyone uses it, but no one forces people to use it and Google can pretty much do with their search engine what they want or am I wrong here? It was the same with Microsoft some years ago when they were forced by the European Commission to add other browsers like Firefox, Safari and Opera to Windows and let the user choose which one should be installed as the standard browser. They bent to that order and now we (at least in Europe) have a choice, but I don’t honestly don’t understand why they could be forced to do so. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad more people might actually switch from IE to some other/better browser but why should a company have to actively support their competitors?
Am I the only one that thinks this isn’t right?`Or am I missing the point here? Please feel free to comment on/explain what’s going on here!
