[quote]The European Commission has indicated that new concessions offered by Google could end its long-running anti-trust investigation against the search giant. Few details about the concessions were released, but they are believed to include measures to make it easier for web users to see results from Google's rivals. The company was accused by rivals in 2010 of squeezing out competition. If found guilty, Google faces huge fines. "We have reached a key moment in this case. Now with significant improvements on the table, I think we have the possibility to work again," competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia told the European Parliament. The deal would allow Google's competitors to display their own logos next to their services and take up more space on Google's result pages. It would also allow websites greater control over what parts of their sites appear in Google's results.[/quote] So the EU has took on Microsoft and won, Valve and Won and is now about to win against Google. Oh and telling Israel it can't have any funding from the EU unless it stops illegal expansion on the West Bank. Who says the EU isn't a good thing, it's got the reputation of taking on the Giants and putting them in their place. [quote]Google dominates search in Europe, accounting for 80% of the market. EU regulators have been investigating Google's business practices since 2010, following complaints from more than a dozen companies, including Microsoft and price comparison site Foundem. The commission's investigation centred on four areas: the manner in which Google displays its own vertical search services compared with other, competing products how Google copies content from other websites - such as restaurant reviews - to include within its own services the exclusivity Google has to sell advertising around search terms people use restrictions on advertisers from moving their online ad campaigns to rival search engines. [/quote]