Do you online shop from Google? Or Amazon?

On Oct 8, 11:02*am, John Doe wrote:
I just caught part of a Senate hearing about concerns that Google
is misusing monopoly power.

I don't think this idea really applies to an entity that is
essentially just an aggregator. Amazon and other results show up too;
in general even if someone searches for an item on Google, after the
first click they will continue to search in that website (which is
most commonly Amazon or ebay or some other well known website).
Needless to say, if I am looking for something I will check Amazon,
ebay and Google. A large portion of users probably do the same,
comparing prices rather than taking the first one.

Although, perhaps I am misunderstanding this Google shops feature,
since we don't have it in Australia so all I know is that it is just
another aggregation feature.

Gorman gormenski gmail.com wrote:

John Doe wrote:

I just caught part of a Senate hearing about concerns that
Google is misusing monopoly power.

I don't think this idea really applies to an entity that is
essentially just an aggregator. Amazon and other results show up
too;

Apparently it matters under our law here in the United States. If
everybody uses Google to the point that no other search engine can
gain a foothold, then how Google displays results is very
important. Showing Amazon and others is important, but the details
matter too. Obtaining monopoly power is perfectly legal, but then
they have to exercise that power within limits.
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in general even if someone searches for an item on Google, after the
first click they will continue to search in that website (which is
most commonly Amazon or ebay or some other well known website).
Needless to say, if I am looking for something I will check Amazon,
ebay and Google. A large portion of users probably do the same,
comparing prices rather than taking the first one.

Although, perhaps I am misunderstanding this Google shops feature,
since we don't have it in Australia so all I know is that it is just
another aggregation feature.