Google Senate Hearings: The Post-Game Show

Earlier this morning I predicted that today’s three-hour Senate subcommittee hearing on Google and competition would be more theater than fact-finding. (You can read Danny’s live blog here and here .) And while there were lots of numbers and statistics thrown around by the witnesses (many of them inaccurate) there were few new facts; it was mostly a he said/she said affair. Google’s Eric Schmidt, the first witness, came off better than most of the senators questioning him. One of his major themes was that Google creates jobs and economic value and regulation might impair job creation in the future. Ranking Members Believe Google Is a Monopolist Chairman Herb Kohl, a Democrat, and Utah Republican Mike Lee both seemed to agree that Google was a monopolist that needed to be restrained. Lee aggressively went after Schmidt like a cross-examining lawyer at trial. Lee presented a...

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@WorldPrank » 02 Oct '11, 6am
Google uses one algorithm for third party content and a separate algorithm for its own content. [link]
@ontechgroup » 25 Sep '11, 4pm
Google treats us like mindless impulsive children when we surf for products and services [link]
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#OHNOHEDIDNT One of his Schmidt's themes was that Google creates jobs and regulation might impair job creation [link]
@a451 » 23 Sep '11, 8am
[link] - A run down of the Google hearings - Monopolist or just a Successful Company? Senators attack Eric Schmidt. #seo
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@CorieWhalen see this recap of the senate hearings against Google [link]
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Will Google monopolized the search game? [link]
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Be sure to read this interesting recap of the Google Senate Hearings: [link]
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Let's just let Google buy us out of our recession and call it a wash, what do you say? [link]
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Greg Sterling describes yesterday's Google Senate Hearings with insight & concision. [link]
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@kaarmson » 22 Sep '11, 1pm
Antitrust testimony mostly "for show" but there's a good chance a formal case will be brought against Google: [link]
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Google Senate Hearings Drama [link] // ouille ça fait mal :-D
@HHolen » 22 Sep '11, 11am
Bra og detaljert gjennomgang av Google-høringene i Senatet [link]
@kvkeulen » 22 Sep '11, 8am
Conclusie eerste hoorzittingen, Google schaadt bedrijven en kan wel slecht doen.. lees ook [link] /engels
@marcusbowlerhat » 22 Sep '11, 7am
Hmmm, overview of events from the Google Senate Hearings [link] - what do you think? Are they a monopoly?
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