Search neutrality
Search neutrality is a term for the neutral functioning of search engines on the Internet . It means that search engines shouldn't have editorial guidelines other than that their results are comprehensive, impartial, and based solely on relevance.
Violation of search neutrality
The Foundem case brought the issue of search neutrality into the focus of the general public for the first time. This case is now even being examined by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition .
politics
The German federal government in the 18th legislative period (since 2013) also demands neutrality from search engines in the coalition agreement in the section "net neutrality".
Individual evidence
- ^ Search, but You May Not Find. The New York Times , December 27, 2009, accessed December 25, 2017 .
- ↑ searchneutrality.org: Foundem's Google Story ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Zeit Online : EU Commission investigates Google
- ↑ BeamMachine.net: Government puts search engines on the agenda
