Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt on Wednesday denied that his company " cooked" its search results to send Internet users to its own growing stable of online services.
Schmidt defended his company's search rankings and other business practices at a Senate hearing Wednesday examining complaints from competitors that the Internet search giant is violating antitrust law. He faced tough questioning from some members of the Senate's antitrust subcommittee
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In one pointed exchange
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" When I see you magically coming up third every time ... you’ve cooked it so you’re always third
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" Senator, I can assure you we have not cooked anything
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He said Google Shopping was different than a product comparison site because it simply pointed users to where to buy the item. In that way, the comparison was apples and oranges. And he said more broadly that " I’m not aware of any unnecessary or strange boosts or biases” given to Google services in search results.
But Schmidt's answers didn't satisfy some senators.
" That seemed like a pretty fuzzy answer to me coming from the chairman. If you don’t know
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Lee was more blunt.
" I’m troubled by what we’ve learned today about Google’s practices
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