Google Degrades Search Results in Europe Amid EU Fines

Google has announced plans to degrade its search engine results in Europe in an effort to comply with the European Commission's Digital Markets Act. The changes come after the EC fined Google €460 million (~$534 million) for allegedly favoring its own services over third-party services.

The company will highlight one specialized search engine at the top of the page, followed by two others with fewer details, according to Reuters. Below them, a carousel of hotels, airlines, and restaurants will be displayed with key features such as real-time prices stripped out.

Google claims that these changes will degrade the user experience for Europeans and force it to deliver lower quality search results.