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The Department of Justice V Google Ads: Part 2

2024/9/18
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Jason Kint: 本周的审判进展迅速,每天都有多位证人作证,包括谷歌员工和来自其他科技公司的CEO。证词涵盖了谷歌多名员工、主要广告科技公司CEO以及出版商高管的证词。目前是司法部陈述案情阶段,司法部认为谷歌在三个市场上拥有垄断地位:卖方(发布商)、广告交易所和买方(广告主)。司法部的论点是谷歌利用其在三个市场的垄断地位,通过不正当行为维持市场主导地位,例如通过收购DoubleClick获得了发布商端(卖方)的市场份额,占据了约91%的市场;通过其广告网络控制了约87%的广告主(买方)需求;谷歌的广告交易所AdX充当买卖双方之间的中介,谷歌从中收取20%的佣金,而竞争对手的佣金比例远低于此,但谷歌仍能维持其市场份额;广告主只有使用AdX才能接触到谷歌的广告需求;谷歌决定仅允许其广告需求通过AdX进行交易;其他广告交易所难以与AdX竞争,因为它们无法获得谷歌的广告需求;谷歌利用“优先查看”(First Look)和“最后查看”(Last Look)机制操纵广告拍卖,使其能够以低于市场价的价格获得广告位;“最后查看”机制类似于密封拍卖,谷歌可以在其他竞标者出价后查看并提高出价,从而操纵拍卖结果;谷歌利用“动态收入分成”机制,通过调整其在AdX上的佣金比例来操纵广告拍卖结果,并从中获利;谷歌在搜索广告市场的垄断地位使其在展示广告市场也占据优势,因为广告主已经习惯于在谷歌平台上投放广告;谷歌的辩护策略是他们没有义务将其广告需求与其他平台连接;谷歌的广告需求必须通过AdX才能投放到其他平台,这使得谷歌能够控制广告交易过程;谷歌禁止发布商对不同广告交易所设置不同的价格下限,从而限制了竞争;谷歌同时控制着广告服务器和广告交易所,这使其能够控制广告交易的各个环节;证人证词揭示了谷歌在广告技术领域的其他不正当行为,例如动态收入分成2.0,这是一种变相的“债务”机制;司法部需要进一步证明谷歌的行为如何损害了广告主,因为谷歌可能会辩称其行为提高了效率;只有一位前谷歌员工的证词对谷歌的损害较大,他认为谷歌的行为不当;谷歌内部文件显示了其不正当行为,且存在证据表明谷歌删除了部分聊天记录;谷歌员工删除聊天记录的行为可能会影响其证词的可信度;下一周将有更多谷歌员工出庭作证,其中包括前DoubleClick CEO Neil Mohan;司法部陈述案情阶段预计还将持续一周到一周半的时间;谷歌最初的策略似乎是试图混淆市场,但其策略并未奏效;司法部的主要论点是谷歌利用其在多个市场的垄断地位,强制其他公司使用其产品;更多关于此案的信息可以在USV Google Ads网站上找到。

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The Department of Justice alleges Google holds a monopoly in three ad tech markets: the sell-side (publisher ad servers), the buy-side (advertisers), and the ad exchange. Google's alleged manipulation tactics, like "last look" and dynamic revenue sharing, give them an unfair advantage, potentially harming publishers and other ad tech companies.
  • Google allegedly has 91% market share of publisher ad servers and 87% of the buy-side market.
  • Google's 'last look' allows them to outbid competitors after seeing their bids.
  • Dynamic revenue sharing lets Google adjust their revenue cut to win bids, potentially recouping losses later from publishers.

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Ed Zitron is once again joined by Jason Kint, CEO of DCN, for the second episode of Better Offline's coverage of the Department of Justice's second antitrust case against Google, one that alleges that "through Serial Acquisitions and Anticompetitive Auction Manipulation, Google Subverted Competition in Internet Advertising Technologies." This is the second episode of our ongoing coverage of the trial, which Jason will be attending in-person in Washington DC. For more information, visit https://usvgoogleads.com/) and follow Jason at https://x.com/jason_kint)

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