Is Google a Monopolist? A Debate
Amit Singhal of Google (GOOG) argues the competition is one click away. Charles Rule, an attorney whose firm represents corporations suing Google, counters that the company commands a share of search advertising in excess of 70 percent—the threshold for monopoly under the Sherman Act.
Competition in an Instant
by Amit Singhal
Last week, “Googling something” took on a whole new meaning. Instead of typing your question into the search box and hitting Enter, our newest invention—Google Instant—shows constantly evolving results based on the individual letters you type.
Instant is just the latest in a long line of search improvements. Five years ago, search results were just “ten blue links”—simple web pages with some text. Today search engines provide answers in the form of images, books, news, music, maps and even “real time” results from sites such as Twitter.
