DOJ hammers Google over search ad price manipulation

DOJ hammers Google over search ad price manipulation

Google manipulated ad auctions and inflated costs to increase revenue, harming advertisers, the Department of Justice argued last week in the U.S. vs. Google antitrust trial. What follows is a summary and some slides from the DOJ’s closing deck, specific to search advertising, that back up the DOJ’s argument. Google’s monopoly power This was defined … Read more

Google accused of downplaying ad price manipulation

Google accused of downplaying ad price manipulation

Google has been accused of downplaying how much it quietly increases ad auctions. The search engine admitted at the federal antitrust trial that it “frequently” inflates ad prices by as much as 5% without telling advertisers – sometimes 10%. But marketers are calling the search engine out for being too “conservative” with these figures as they … Read more

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