[IP] more on Google and 'neutrality' hypocrisy

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Pamela Jones <pjgrok@mac.com>
Date: June 22, 2006 11:07:46 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Google and 'neutrality' hypocrisy

Google doesn't do that. They accept money for AdWords Ads that show  
on a page, on the right side of the page, as you can see here, http:// 
www.google.com/ads/ ,  but you don't get a higher placement in the  
search results.






> Dave,
>
> Here's a fascinating proposal from Congress on "discriminatory"  
> behavior at Google.  The proposal states that search engines can  
> not provide preferential treatment (higher listing locations) for  
> companies that pay them ad fees.  Does this sound like any other  
> proposed business models or regulatory battles we know about?  Net  
> neutrality ring a bell?
>
> Basically, the proposal, intentionally I believe, draws an analogy  
> between the business models of Google and Yahoo! with the proposed  
> models from the service providers which would like to charge for  
> premium treatment (access, ranking in search, etc.).  What's  
> particularly amusing about this is Google is now in a rather  
> awkward position... Arguing that service providers can not provide  
> preferred treatment while Google can.  Very creative, and I would  
> guess that the idea was planted by a telco lobbyist.
>
> http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6346096.html
>
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