Google investigation widens as complaints mount-up
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The commission extended the mandate of the antitrust probe to include associations of the powerful German publishers BDZV and VDZ, complaints as well as euro-villes online mapping company.
Last month, the commission has launched an investigation into allegations that Google downgrade deliberately rival sites in its search ranking.
In February, The Daily Telegraph revealed that three small research companies had filed complaints with the commission.
The addition of German organisations will give a broader investigation and reduce the influence of Microsoft, which has provided support to the other complainants.
BDZV and VDZ represent more than 450 newspapers and magazines in Germany publishers.
Google has denied that she intentionally lowered the classification of its rivals, but said that "there is always room for improvement."
A spokesman for Google has conceded that the search engine "could have been more transparent" to the manner in which its other businesses in its search results ranking algorithm.
If convicted, Google may be fine until 10pc of its annual revenues of $23. 6bn (￡ 15 5.3).
However, a fine of this size is unlikely. The workplan end competition presented by the Commission was €1. 06bn (￡ 930 m) for Intel in 2009.
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