Google’s Lobbying Machine At Full Speed
As Google dances further into the mouth of the DOJ lion, it appears that their lobbying dollars are also keeping pace. They have seen so much activity here that Google has managed to spend $1.34 million USD in their lobbying efforts. Clearly someone is a bit nervous.
What I am interested in is whether or not they are truly getting the best bang for their buck. After all, these kinds of things surely prove to be a pain for others looking to enter the search biz, such as Microsoft.
Google has a nasty monopoly on online ads, especially in the text ad space. From banning use of select text link advertising as it might “pass rank” to managing to leave AdCenter as the only real viable candidate left, I can see why Google is investing so much money into keeping the DOJ off of their backs.
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YOGESH PAWAR
July 27th, 2010
at 1:07am
What a competition!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hawaiian Shirt Guy
July 27th, 2010
at 5:44am
Related thought in a DOJ kinda way… I am waiting for some governmental body to grab Google by the throat and squeeze the crapola out of them for not paying adsense publishers what they are truly due.
Justen
July 27th, 2010
at 11:27am
1:1 And so The Lord Google did say, “Thou shalt not be evil.”
1:2 But His Holy Executives Swelled up with Greed with Greed and Declared, “Let There Be Lawyers!”
1:3 And so Were Summoned the Great Oppressors who Lay Waste to All That is Good.
1:4 And The Lord Google was Forced to turn His Face from the Internetz,
1:5 and there was great Suffering and Gnashing of Teeth Amongst the Searchers.
-The Book of Webbicus, Chapter 1