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Tyson Stockton
Tyson Stockton 2020/12/18

2020 Review: Google’s Antitrust & Legal Battles

Voices of Search Time to read: 1 min

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Episode Overview:

Join host Ben as he concludes 2020 Year in Review week with Searchmetrics’ Director of Services Tyson Stockton and SEO Strategist Jordan Koene to review Google’s legal woes with the Federal Government this year. 

Eleven state attorney generals filed a lawsuit against Google this year claiming the company leveraged monopoly practices to dominate the search market. Attorney General Bill Barr stated Google controls as much as 90% of the search market, despite search features appearing on the majority of websites that belong to Amazon and Apple.

The lawsuit specifically cites Google’s partnership with Apple where they paid the software company to show up as the default search engine on their iPhones. Despite the focus on Google’s business practices, the government has yet to pursue legal action regarding how tech companies acquire, store and use customer data.

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Tyson Stockton

Tyson Stockton

Tyson has over 10 years' experience in the digital marketing industry. As Vice President of Client and Account Management, Tyson manages the Enterprise Client Success team and SEO Consulting efforts at Searchmetrics. Tyson has worked with some of world’s largest enterprise websites including Fortune 500 and global eCommerce leaders. Prior to Searchmetrics, Tyson worked on the in-house side managing the SEO and SEM efforts of a collection of 14 sports specialty eCommerce companies in the US, Europe and Australia.

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