Article VPB8 Google 'bug' buries competitors Yelp and TripAdvisor

Google 'bug' buries competitors Yelp and TripAdvisor

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#VPB8)
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The search firm is fixing the issues which led to rivals being hidden in the results, it says

Google has claimed that a change to its search rankings that pushed rivals TripAdvisor and Yelp far down the search results is due to a bug, which it is working to fix.

Over the weekend, executives from the two companies complained on Twitter that a search for locations prioritised Google's own local search - even when the query explicitly mentioned a rival company.

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