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Google said Sept. 3 that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is conducting an antitrust probe of complaints that the company stifles Websites that compete with its search engine.
Search Engine Land broke the news and Google Deputy General Counsel Don Harrison confirmed the investigation in a blog post. Abbott’s office declined to discuss the case per its policy.
The cases cover those brought by shopping comparison Websites Foundem and myTriggers, and search directory SourceTools, all three of whom have ties to Microsoft.
Rankings, or where Websites are placed in Google’s search results pages, can make or break companies that live online because Google commands roughly 65 percent of the search market.
The companies in the cases Abbott is looking at are looking to leverage the position that Google’s power as the world’s leading service provider put it in a position to harm smaller businesses.
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