Google warns of lower quality as it revamps Europe search results to avoid EU fines
BRUSSELS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google on Tuesday rolled out changes to its online search results in Europe to satisfy EU antitrust regulators that it said will degrade users’ experience and ratchet up costs for European businesses.
The European Commission gave it 60 days to comply with the DMA or risk periodic penalty payments of up to 5% of its total worldwide turnover. The revamped search results will highlight one specialised search engine at the top of the page, followed by two others with fewer details. A carousel of hotels, airlines and restaurants, for example, will sit below them with key features such as real-time prices stripped out.
