Last week, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a $21.17 million fine on Googlefor “search bias” and abuse of its dominant position. The Commission found that Google through its search design had placed its commercial flight search function at a prominent position on the search results page to the disadvantage of other businesses trying to gain market access. After the obligatory advertisements at the top, I noticed a box with a link to a page called ‘Google Flights’. Google Flight is not a new business vertical that books your tickets for you. All it does is offer a price comparison accessible directly from the search page of all available flights to a given destination.

Source: Hindustan Times February 12, 2018 02:26 UTC