Yelp

San Francisco — In a new escalation in its long-running dispute with Google, Yelp has filed a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of antitrust violations, alleging it favored its own products in search results to the detriment of competitors. This legal challenge marks the culmination of years of complaints by Yelp, suggesting a tipping point in its contentious relationship with Google, a company it has often publicly criticized. The lawsuit, lodged in a federal court in Northern California, claims Google has manipulated search algorithms to promote its own services above others, specifically in local search … Read more