EU is only a drop in the ocean for Google. If something happens to them in Europe they have the rest of the world from where they get majority of their earnings. Their main market is the United States and as long as they are leading in that country they will not be bothered about anything else.
I don't think that Google will be significantly changed after this. They are giants and as long as the public opinion is not changed, they will just continue to spread their power. Let's face it, how convenient is it to Google?
I really think the US should do something about the trust issues, but something tells me, and I might just be a conspiracy nut, that Google is in with the government and that the government is paying Google to release the information that they have.
Something tells me that the public opinion is going to change very soon. The more people hear about things like privacy invasion, the more that people are more reluctant to use Google for anything.
That is true, but whenever Bing eventually catches up to Google and improves their interface to a more simple option, then I will be making the switch to Bing.
I have been wondering the same thing. The real question is; what are the American people going to do about google plus? Google plus has just been ruining everything for the past 3 years. In my opinion - as of right now google deserves everything that comes its way. On a different subject; what is happening to the Japanese economy right now? Has anyone else noticed the low price of yen to the American dollar right now? Is this due to the March 13, 2011 tsunami in Fukushima? If it is; is Japan's economy that little that it takes 4 -5 years to get back on it's feet? Shake my head Japan.
Anti-trust pretty much comes with the terrain with these kind of organizations. Microsoft was very much in the same space some years ago. Whether it's going to fundamentally change the story is another matter. The other search offerings just haven't stepped up to the mark and Google has an entrenched user group.
Google's gigantic presence in the market makes it a perfect target for the anti-us European Union.I lived in Spain about 10 years. I can tell you from experience that the people in general had a strong distrust of American business. I think more companies and people will jump on board with their attempt to sue Google. I really hope that it eventually trickles down and starts effecting web marketing.
When Firefox changed their default search engine to Yahoo, there was a marked increase in the number of people who used Yahoo to search the web. Since Bing's search results are decent, should they make a deal with Firefox making Bing their default search engine in European countries, Google just might drop behind them. Nonetheless considering Bing is an American company . . . if the EU's goal to "curtail" Google's influence is an anti-US move then allowing Bing to dethrone Google in Europe wouldn't have achieved much.
I don't think European users care about if Google or Bing are from the US, they will just use whatever is more comfortable for them, what they like better. Google will just continue to expand because their business is information and they have lots of it.
