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<p><a href="http://www.scores.org/graphics/monopoly/"><img src="http://www.scores.org/graphics/monopoly/is-google-a-monopoly.jpg" border="0" alt="Is Google a Monopoly?" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.scores.org/graphics/">Research</a> by <a href="http://www.scores.org/">Scores.org</a></p>

Further Sources (updated for 2015)

• Google issues ultimatum to Yelp: free content or no search indexing
• Secret Ties in Google's "Open" Android
• Ben Edelman's analysis of leaked FTC documents about Google's monopolistic behaviors
• European Commission - Antitrust Fact Sheet: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on comparison shopping service; opens separate formal investigation on Android
  
• Fair Search
• Scott Cleland's Precursor Blog (he also wrote a book titled Search & Destroy: Why You Can't Trust Google Inc.)
• The Guardian: Google dominates search. But the real problem is its monopoly on data

Almost all of the search visitors to this page come from Google itself. Only 3% of our visitors come from other search engines.

Concerned? Here are some alternatives to Google products in categories they dominate

• Search: DuckDuckGo, Bing, Yahoo! Search, Yandex
• Search advertising: Bing Ads, Yahoo! Gemini
• Web browsers: Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi, Internet Explorer
• Maps: OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps, Mapquest
• Email alternatives: Outlook.com, Yahoo! Mail, GMX Mail, Inbox.com, Yandex.Mail
• Mobile OS alternatives: CyanogenMod, Firefox OS
• Web analytics: Piwik, Open Web Analytics, Clicky