06:21 AM EDT, 08/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG) Google ( GOOG ) allegedly abuses its market dominance as a general search engine to give itself an advantage over specialized search providers through self-preferencing and gatekeeping, Yelp (YELP) said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

"Rather than compete on the merits with companies like Yelp, Google ( GOOG ) has so effectively self-preferenced its offerings that an increasing volume of searches result in zero clicks, meaning users never leave Google's ( GOOG ) search results page," Yelp said.

Yelp, a website specializing in local business reviews, alleged that Google ( GOOG ) has resorted to stealing information from them, among other anti-competitive practices.

Google ( GOOG ) did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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