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Google switches its Shopping search service to mostly free listings

Google is making a transformation to its product search providing that means that unpaid listings picked through set of rules will dominate effects displayed at the Google Shopping tab, as an alternative of mostly paid product listings. In a weblog publish saying the transfer, Bill Ready, president of Google’s trade divisio…
Google is making a change to its product search offering meaning that unpaid listings picked by algorithm will dominate results displayed on the Google Shopping tab, instead of mostly paid product listings. In a blog post announcing the move, Bill Ready, president of Google’s commerce divisio…

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Author: Natasha Lomas

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  2. "Googles appeal against an order by Frances competition watchdog to negotiate with publishers for reuse of snippets of their content has failed". (October 8, 2020)
  3. "As the antitrust drumbeat continues to pound on tech giants, with Reuters reporting comments today from the U.S". (August 14, 2020)
  4. "Europe has greenlit Googles $2.1BN acquisition of fitness wearable maker Fitbit, applying a number of conditions intended to shrink competition concerns over letting it gobble a major cache of health and wellness data following months of regulatory scrutiny of the deal". (December 17, 2020)
  5. "In a set-back for Googles plan to acquire health wearable company Fitbit, the European Commission has announced its opening an investigation to dig into a range of competition concerns being attached to the proposal from multiple quarters". (August 4, 2020)
  6. "Google has made its pitch to shape the next decades of digital regulation across the European Union, submitting a 135-page response yesterday to the consultation on the forthcoming Digital Services Act (DSA) which will update the blocs long-standing rules around ecommerce". (September 4, 2020)
  7. "The European Commission must block the Google -Fitbit merger as a matter of democratic imperative, prominent academic and author Shoshana Zuboff has warned". (December 11, 2020)
  8. "Googles plan to end support for third-party cookies in the Chrome browser and its Chromium engine is under investigation by the U.K.s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)". (January 8, 2021)
  9. "Google has fired a lobbying pot-shot at a looming change to the law in Australia that will force it to share ad revenue with local media businesses whose content its platforms monetize seeking to mobilize its users against big media". (August 17, 2020)
  10. "The deadline for Europe to make a call on the Google -Fitbit merger has been pushed out again with EU regulators now having until January 8, 2021, to take a decision". (October 16, 2020)
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