Google Claims They "Just Aren't That Big"

The New York Times is reporting that Google is making the case that they just aren't that big, especially from an anti-trust point of view. While they certainly corner the market in search, advertising, and online video, Dana Wagner, Google's "senior competition counsel," is working hard to convince the public that "competition is a click away." "None of the investigations take aim at Google's core advertising business. And unlike other technology giants in years past, Google has not been accused of anticompetitive tactics. But the investigations and carping from competitors and critics have Google fighting to dispel the notion that it has a lock on its market, even as it increases its share of search and online advertising. Eyes are rolling, especially in reaction to the idea that Google is a relatively small player in a giant market. 'They describe where they are in a market under a kind of a fairy-tale spun gloss that doesn't reflect their dominance of key sectors,' said Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy. 'Google search is an absolute must-have for every marketer in the world.'"

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Why do they need to defend themselves?

[Anonymous Coward]

There is another company we should be looking at when it comes to anticompetitive and monopolistic behavior far before we even consider Google. We all know which company this is. For those of you completely oblivious to the past few decades, it is obviously Microsoft. There is not a day that goes by that I am not angry about their dominance in the computer industry. The disgusting nature of their rise to power and the fact that they have not stopped damaging the very industry I had fallen in love with when I was young makes me feel sick and drains my hope that this country is about freedom.

Anyone attacking Google needs to step back and seriously take another look at history. Success means nothing when you are inflicting serious harm to others and doing a bad job at what you are supposed to be doing in the first place. Microsoft and its cronies from the beginning had only one goal, power. This unfortunately came at the expense of holding back progress in the entire industry. Of course it is far more complicated, but overall, we all know the core of Microsoft is evil.

Will we ever see any serious action taken against Microsoft and its cronies? Or will another competitor to Microsoft be taking the fire?

Google is not big enough. And I hope some day they will be so that the Microsoft monopoly finally withers away.