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Tripadvisor Shows Interest In Legal Actions Against Google

By  |  November 4, 2020

Tripadvisor is set to report its third-quarter earnings early Friday morning, with investors hoping to see updates on the competition from Google and on general travel trends as Covid cases are on the rise in both the US and elsewhere, reported the Boston Business Journal. 

TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer, a longtime critic of Google, told CNBC he welcomes the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit against the Alphabet search unit.

“Google is using its dominance in internet gatekeeping at the expense of other businesses,” Kaufer said, echoing comments from Expedia CEO Peter Kern.

Online booking sites are the first to admit that Google’s preferential ranking of its own search results when consumers are looking into travel options has hurt their ability to drive traffic.  Online booking sites argue Google’s preferential ranking of its own search results when consumers are looking to into travel options has hurt their ability to drive traffic.

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