Yelp filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Wednesday, alleging the company utilized its monopoly over the internet search business to excel in the advertising realm.
A judge ruled earlier this month that Google is a “monopolist” and violated antitrust law, opening the door to more lawsuits, including Yelp’s.
“Our case is about Google, the largest information gatekeeper in existence, putting its heavy thumb on the scale to stifle competition and keep consumers within its own walled garden,” Yelp said in an online blog post on Wednesday.
“In other words, Google abuses its monopoly power in general search to keep users within Google’s owned ecosystem and prevents them from going to rival sites,” the statement said.
Yelp, an internet search review company, is a competitor of Google, which also provides user reviews on its platform. Yelp filed its lawsuit in San…
