Once-market-dominant Yelp is taking Google to court for alleged antitrust violations, claiming that the search giant prioritized its own review platform in business search results, in an effort to “stifle competition and keep consumers within its own walled garden.”
Yelp, which has taken steps to increase user trust and business transparency on its site in recent years, said the platform was prioritizing Google products and services over organic search results, in the suit filed in the Northern District of California federal court on Wednesday, adding that Google’s services are often worse for consumers than Yelp’s.
