FTC complaint says Amazon’s search results are confusing

December 9, 2021

Amazon.com doesn’t do a particularly good job at distinguishing between search results that are organic to the query and those that are paid ads, according to a complaint filed against the company with the Federal Trade Commission. The complaint filed by the Strategic Organizing Center claims that more than a quarter of search results on the site are paid ads.

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