Why Google's Display Ad Business Drew FTC Antitrust Probe

First time accepted submitter jahard writes "It's not clear yet whether the preliminary look will result in anything more. The FTC and the Justice Department don't investigate behemoths like Google on a lark, so there's at least a decent chance they'll find reason to look deeper. But according to several online ad sources, the evidence is mixed, and some–even at least one competitor–say Google is playing fair with its so-called 'stack' of ad technologies. Contacted for comment, Google provided only a terse statement: 'We have not heard anything from the FTC regarding any new antitrust investigation.'"

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Google's sponsored 'adverts' are hijacking search

[Idimmu Xul]

Searching for terms like mastercard now shows google's own mastercard comparison site at the start as a sponsored link.

I've seen this on several other search terms too, they're starting to become a content provider rather than a search engine