Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Does Google Have to Much Control of The Internet Market
After reading "Google Prepares to Fight Antitrust Battle Over Its Search Rankings" by Pamela A. Maclean I would agree with Google that they are not a trust company. In fact it is my opinion that the are simply just the top dog at the moment in a very competitive market. In the Internet world power is constantly shifting and companies that aren't growing are sinking. It wasn't to long ago that AOL was controlling how we accessed the Internet, now AOL seems to falling into an imminent demise. Google is making every effort to stay on the top of their game and their doing it legally. Its not like they just bought yahoo.com or altavista.com. Anti-Trust agencies should be more concerned with companies like Fox. Owner Rupert Murdoch recently purchased myspace.com, granting them a great deal of control of all forms of mass communication. Fox is trying to control the way we receive information and they are or are becoming a trust. I don't feel that Google is currently a trust, but in future year's if they stay on top of the search engine industry becoming a trust may be an issue.
Labels: aol, Google, google revolution, pamela a. maclean, trust
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A good discussion. Google is not a monopoly, it does have competitors, especially in the global market. Still government regulation of search technology may be necessary to prevent too much market power from becoming concentrated in a handful of global firms.
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