Google’s jobs search is anti-competitive, say rival job-finding sites
The tensions expose a new front in the battle between Google and online publishers reliant on search traffic
13 August 2019 - 14:43
Brussels/San Francisco — Google’s fast-growing tool for searching job listings has been a boon for employers and boards starving for candidates, but several, rival job-finding services contend anti-competitive behaviour has fueled its rise and cost them users and profits.
In a letter to be sent to EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager on Tuesday, and seen by Reuters, 23 job-search websites in Europe called on her to temporarily order Google to stop playing unfairly while she investigates...
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