Google must curb arrogance to avoid antitrust pitfalls

Google has been forced by regulators in the US to agree to legally binding changes to the way it presents some search results and runs its search advertising following nearly two years of investigation. But the internet search engine was exonerated of bias to push down competitors in its search results, leaving it untroubled by any government threat.

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The FTC has launched an antitrust probe into whether Google's dominance of the display ad business on the web hurts competition, Bloomberg reports.

A French competition watchdog accused Google on Wednesday of unfair practice by blocking a company from advertising on its online search services.The Competition Authority said Google had without warning blocked the account of Navx, a provider of road travel data, for Google's online advertising service AdWords, and ordered the US Internet giant to reopen it.

The end is near! No, we’re not talking about the Mayan apocalypse, but rather the federal government’s nearly two-year antitrust investigation of Internet search giant Google. The Federal Trade Commission and the Web titan are nearing a deal that would end the government’s probe into allegations that Google has used its search market power to harm rival companies unfairly, according to multiple reports. Google is poised to offer a set of voluntary concessions addressing complaints about its search practices, according to a D.C. source fanilar with the matter.

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My overview of Google's (GOOG) Q4 2011 Earnings Call January 19, 2012 4:30 PM ET.