Google To Tweak Search Results To Comply With EU Tech Rules

Google will tweak online search results to give comparison sites more prominence, the company said in a blogpost on Wednesday, as it outlined efforts to comply with new EU tech rules that could hit revenues for some companies. Reuters: Under the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), which the company will have to comply with by March 7, Google is obligated to treat rival services and products the same way as it treats its own when it ranks them in search results. It is also required to allow business users to access the data that they generate when using Google's platform.

Re:gross EU government

[Sloppy]

Google is free to completely ignore these bullshit requirements and stop doing business in Europe.

For whatever reason, they have chosen to keep transacting with Europeans. Perhaps they chose poorly, and should have instead consulted Slashdot posters about whether or not making tons of money is worth the outrageous indignity.

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[ArchieBunker]

Oh no, who would provide terribly inaccurate search results if google closed up shop? Half the time whatever I type in google is a link to those terms regurgitated into an Amazon or eBay query. I could have fucking done that myself.

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[registrations_suck]

It is ridiculous.

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[thegarbz]

If McDonalds were providing burger comparison services, they very well may be forced to actually do so under anti-trust rules.

With great power comes great requirement to actually follow anti-trust laws all over the world.

hey google

[FudRucker]

i switched from android to iphone just to get away from you, at this point you can stand on your head till your ears are turning red and i wont use your products or services anymore, buh bye google

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[FudRucker]

yes, google should be filing for bankruptcy any day now, it was a halfassed attempt at snide low cut humor, sorry about nobody getting it, ill try to do better

Like censorship and shitty results? Google FTW!

[MIPSPro]

Google is no longer the best search engine. They are the best at recommend Amazon and Reddit, though. I'm sure they will play ball with the EU, but who cares? I get better results from DDG or even Yandex sometimes. Pathetic.

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[AmiMoJo]

I've tried DDG, I find he results to be quite poor in most cases. I still use it occasionally, but only after trying Google first.

Bing is terrible. Yandex is Russian. I've even tried Mojeek, Ecosia, and Qwant. Mojeek claims to not be using anyone else's database like DDG does, their produce their own results, but they are not very good.

EU decides

[groobly]

EU decides what I can see in my search results.

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[sit1963nz]

vs Google deciding for you based on how much money they make.
American companies are free to withdraw from any country the like, someone else will fill the void.
In fact that would be BETTER for the local consumers, more competition, more employment in those countries, more tax income in those countries...it's also like "Make our Country Great Again".

The USA is 4% of the worlds population , the other 96% can say NO

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[thegarbz]

Someone always decides. What do you prefer, the person saying the results should be varied and unbiased, or Google shoving it's shopping channel down your throat?

New SEO strategy

[kmoser]

1. Make fake "comparison" sites
2. Google must rank them more highly than other sites
3. Profit!

"Google Search"? Do people still use that?

[gweihir]

I have stopped a few years ago and nothing of value was lost to me.

why?

[usedtobestine]

Can't google simply delist all of those sites?