{"id":25161,"date":"2015-04-27T19:20:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T16:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=25161"},"modified":"2015-04-27T19:20:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T16:20:50","slug":"ebay-boss-backs-google-in-eu-competition-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/technology-en\/ebay-boss-backs-google-in-eu-competition-case\/","title":{"rendered":"EBay Boss Backs Google In EU Competition Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_9_1_1_1430150884289_969\" class=\"first\">The boss of eBay has backed Google in its antitrust battle with the European Union by saying the pair are direct competitors in online shopping.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_9_1_1_1430150884289_1120\">The European Commission&#8217;s competition experts claim Google abused its dominance of web search to gain an advantage over rival shopping search engines.<\/p>\n<p>Google responded by saying it was dwarfed in web shopping by the likes of <a class=\"yom-entity-link\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/amazon\/\" data-rapid_p=\"1\">Amazon<\/a> and eBay.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_9_1_1_1430150884289_977\">Now eBay&#8217;s chief executive John Donahoe has apparently backed Google&#8217;s stance in an interview with the Financial Times, saying that his company was a &#8220;strong commerce competitor of Google&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager\u00a0says\u00a0Google&#8217;s share of more than 90% of the general web search market in Europe is evidence of its influence.<\/p>\n<p>But Google says its influence in the world of online shopping is overstated, pointing out that it is overshadowed by Amazon and eBay in some European countries.<\/p>\n<p>Google Shopping had 13 million unique visitors in Europe in February, compared with more than 100 million each for eBay and Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>However Shivaun Raff, founder of rival price comparison site Foundem, said: &#8220;As Google is well aware, neither Amazon nor eBay are rivals to Google\u2019s shopping comparison service.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boss of eBay has backed Google in its antitrust battle with the European Union by saying the pair are direct competitors in online shopping. 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