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" Google abuses its monopoly power in general search to keep users within Google ’s owned ecosystem and prevents them from going to rival sites," Yelp Co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said in aannouncing the suit."This anticompetitive conduct siphons traffic and advertising revenue from vertical search services, like Yelp , that provide objectively higher quality local business content for consumers."over search.
Judge Amit Mehta’s recent ruling in the government’s antitrust case against Google, finding Google illegally maintained its monopoly in general search, is a watershed moment in antitrust law, and provides a strong foundation for Yelp’s case against Google. In addition to injunctive relief, Yelp seeks a remedy that ensures Google can no longer self-preference in local search. The harms caused by Google’s self-preferencing are not unique to Yelp, and we look forward to telling our story in court.
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