Amazon declines to describe search-algorithm data - Australian regulator

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SYDNEY : Amazon.com Inc has declined to describe its product-search system to an Australian competition regulator that has heard complaints of large marketplace platforms giving preference to in-house wares.The company's withholding of the information sets the scene for a possible repeat of Australia's 20

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SYDNEY : Amazon.com Inc has declined to describe its product-search system to an Australian competition regulator that has heard complaints of large marketplace platforms giving preference to in-house wares.

The ACCC said in the report that it had surveyed 80 online merchants and that nearly half believed large marketplace platforms skewed searches and website presentation to favour in-house products. The ACCC noted that, unlike other large online retail markets, such as those of the United States and Britain, Australia's was not dominated by Amazon. The company did not start operations in the country until 2017.

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