Google warns of lower quality as it revamps Europe search results to avoid EU fines reuters.com

Google ​on Tuesday rolled out changes to its online search results in Europe to satisfy EU antitrust regulators that it ‌said will degrade users' experience and ratchet up costs for European businesses.

Google said past changes to comply ​with the DMA led to a ​30% drop in free, direct ⁠booking traffic to European businesses, and the latest changes are expected to hit them.

The company said it has tested the changes with millions of users in Europe, which show a high level of dissatisfaction as ​they have to retype queries to find what they want.