Google raised ad prices incrementally through internal “pricing knobs” that advertisers couldn’t detect, according to federal court documents.
- Google raised ad prices 5-15% at a time using “pricing knobs” that made increases look like normal auction fluctuations.
- Google’s surveys showed advertisers noticed higher costs but didn’t realize Google was causing the increases.
- A federal judge now requires Google…

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