The FTC going after Google ...

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O-Trap
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Jun 24, 2011 4:39pm
Looks like Google's getting some karma for threatening to shut down Justin's AdSense account!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303339904576403603764717680.html
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Jun 24, 2011 5:30pm
Sounds like a redistribution of competitiveness to me. OHHH booo hooo, big bad google leads the industry in searches, and no one else can sniff them in smarts and services, so lets file a lawsuit. :D
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like_that
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Jun 24, 2011 7:57pm
Hate to do this, but I agree with coyotes. GTFO feds.
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tcarrier32
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Jun 24, 2011 8:24pm
i think they need to be checked more for what they are doing with the user information more so than directing traffic to their own sites.
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Jun 24, 2011 9:16pm
tcarrier32;813105 wrote:i think they need to be checked more for what they are doing with the user information more so than directing traffic to their own sites.

I agree with THIS!
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Jun 24, 2011 9:48pm
coyotes22;812967 wrote:Sounds like a redistribution of competitiveness to me. OHHH booo hooo, big bad google leads the industry in searches, and no one else can sniff them in smarts and services, so lets file a lawsuit. :D

its called a monopoly..and is illegal when you abuse it. see microsoft
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Jun 24, 2011 11:15pm
Pick6;813152 wrote:its called a monopoly..and is illegal when you abuse it. see microsoft

Illegal, and yet not necessarily even intentional. Google is where they are because they're the best at what they do, and they are not abusing anything.