EU's Almunia fears Google abusing dominant position

The European Union's ongoing investigation into Google Inc. indicates the company is abusing its dominant position in online search, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said in an interview with the Financial Times published online Thursday.

"We are still investigating, but my conviction is [Google] are diverting traffic," the Financial Times cited him as saying, referring to Google's preferential treatment of its own vertical search services.

"They are monetizing this kind of business, the strong position they have in the general search market, and this is not only a dominant position, I think--I fear--there is an abuse of this dominant position," the newspaper cited him as saying.

Source: http://www.totaltele.com/view.aspx?ID=478723

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