Google took a big hit. The report states that Google has been fined around £2.4 billion. Actually this is a case filed by an American couple. After a long 15-year legal battle, they won. And because of that, it is reported that Google has been fined around 26,172 crores. Elsewhere it is mentioned as 21 thousand crores. Google’s search algorithm is believed to have unethically put their price comparison website Foundem in demand. The couple appealed to the European Court of Justice. News as per BBC report. This fight went on for a long time. Then it is reported that instructions have been issued.
American couple Shibaun and Adam Ruff. Raf left the job in 2006. He then created another organization called Foundem. There basically the comparative price of goods could be verified. Meanwhile, the couple claimed that Google suddenly started moving them down in search results. That is, when common people search for their company, they will not find it easily.
We used to look at our pages, said Adam Ruff. We used to take care of how much they rank. But it was going downhill. We initially thought it might be due to spam. But later I realized that we are on the right track. But something different is happening somewhere.
Adam said if you can’t deny the traffic. Then the whole business will be destroyed…
The couple then began making one request after another to Google. They repeatedly asked for the lifting of the ban that had originally been imposed on them. But they claim that no work has been done anywhere. Then 2008. The couple realizes that something is wrong somewhere. They were told that their website was slowing down. Then they thought that there might have been a cyber attack. …
What did Google say?
A Google spokesperson said, “The CJEU verdict is only about how we showed the results of various products from 2008-2017.” We change in line with the European Commission’s shopping decisions in 2017. It has been going on for more than seven years.