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YouTube receives no preferential treatment in search results, Google tells Australian inquiry

By James Panichi ( August 19, 2024, 08:10 GMT | Insight) -- Google has slammed claims that its search engine engages in self-preferencing, with the tech giant telling an Australian inquiry that recent submissions alleging the practice had been filed by businesses bristling over their results’ low ranking. In a new submission to Australia’s digital platform services inquiry, the company said its competitors hadn’t provided “robust data or evidence to support their assertions of Google engaging in preferential ranking.” The company also rejected the suggestion that its search algorithm favored Google-owned YouTube at the expense of local video-content platforms.Google has slammed claims that its search engine engages in self-preferencing, with the tech giant telling an Australian inquiry that recent submissions alleging the practice had been filed by businesses bristling over their results’ low ranking....

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