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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has designated Google as having strategic market status (SMS) in respect of its provision of general search and search advertising services.
Measures are first to be consulted on under the digital markets competition regime.
Following extensive consultation, the CMA confirms proposed decision.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is today proposing to designate Google with 'strategic market status' (SMS) in general search and search advertising.
Proposed decision report: SMS investigation into Google’s general search and search advertising services.
Real time data is essential for policymakers to adapt to a rapidly evolving situation like the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting comments on proposals for conduct requirements (CRs): rules applying to Google’s general search services.
GOV.UK site search is the search engine for GOV.UK. It enables users to search for information and services on GOV.UK by entering a search query to view results that are relevant to their query.
This paper finds that online search frequencies about a country significantly correlate with macroeconomic variables, conditional on other covariates.
Invitation to Comment on the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigation into Google’s general search and search advertising services.
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