1. List the names of the websites mentioned in this article that are concerned with Google displaying search results for its own services above their own.

2. How has Google's change in the way its search engine shows information about local businesses hurt websites like TripAdvisor?

3. Why did the European Union (EU) begin a formal inquiry into whether Google manipulates its search results to disadvantage competing web services, or give preferential placement to Google's own services?

4. a) How has Google responded to accusations that it is hurting competing services?
b) What do you think of Google's response?

5. What percent of web searches does Google handle, compared to Bing (which includes Yahoo search)?

6. From para. 12: "The latest complaints by Web competitors don't focus on Google's underlying search algorithms - which show links that are supposed to be most relevant to a particular query - but the way Google displays links to its own services." Do you think these companies have a legitimate complaint? Explain your answer.

7. a) What search engine(s) do you use most frequently? Why?
b) Has this article caused you to consider using more than one search engine when doing an internet search?  Why or why not?

TEST IT OUT:  Do an internet search for "cancer" using Google, Yahoo, AOL, Bing and others.  Aside from the advertisements, what is the top result in each search engine?