A would-be challenger to Google Inc. said Tuesday it is suing the Internet search leader for alleged abuses that include illegally rigging its prices to thwart potential competitive threats.
In a 38-page page complaint, TradeComet.com LLC accused Google
In a press release, TradeComet said it filed its antitrust lawsuit in a New York federal court.
Google said it hadn't reviewed the allegations as of late Tuesday, but the Mountain View-based company reiterated its belief that there are plenty of other online advertising options, including networks run by rivals Yahoo Inc.
"As we have consistently made clear, the advertising market in which Google operates is highly competitive, and advertisers have a huge range of choices," Google said in a statement.
TradeComet's lawsuit is the latest legal action to allege Google has used its widening market power to create a monopoly that enables it to bully rivals or squeeze out Web sites that it doesn't like.
Google processes nearly two-thirds of the Internet search requests in the United States and sells an even larger chunk of the text-based ad links that appear alongside search results and other content on millions of Web pages served up each day.
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