August 29  SEONews

Yelp Sues Google Over Local Search Dominance – Search Engine Journal

Yelp sues Google for antitrust violations in local search, alleging monopolistic practices that harm competition and consumer choice.

  • Yelp filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google over local search dominance.
  • The lawsuit alleges Google illegally leveraged its search monopoly to harm competition.
  • This legal action follows a recent ruling finding Google violated antitrust law in search.

Yelp has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google in federal court in San Francisco.

The suit alleges that Google has illegally leveraged its monopoly in general search to dominate the local search and local search advertising markets, harming competition and consumer choice.

Key Allegations

Yelp’s complaint accuses Google of engaging in anticompetitive conduct, including:

  • Self-preferencing its own “inferior” local search product over competitors
  • Driving traffic and revenue away from rivals like Yelp
  • Making it harder for competitors to achieve scale…

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