Microsoft is to take an anti-competion complaint against Google to the European Commission.
The software maker claims that Google used its dominant position in
the search market to restrict the growth of Microsoft services.
It cites a number of practices, including Google limiting the ability of Microsoft Bing to index web content.
Google said it was not surprised by the move and would happily explain itself.
In a detailed blog, Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, outlined the company's grievances.
He wrote: "Our filing today focuses on a pattern of actions
that Google has taken to entrench its dominance in the markets for
online search and search advertising to the detriment of European
consumers."
The post goes on to list five different ways in which Google, according to Microsoft, has sought to control the search market.
Those are:
- Using technical measures to stop Microsoft's search engine Bing from indexing content on Google-owned YouTube.
- Blocking Microsoft Smartphones from operating properly with YouTube.
- Controlling access to online copies of out-of-copyright books.
- Limiting the ability of businesses to reclaim "their own information" generated through Google advertising campaigns for use elsewhere.
- Compelling leading websites to only use Google search boxes on their pages.
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