Google Apologizes to Kenya Startup over Dirty Business Tactics

Google Apologizes to Kenya Startup over Dirty Business TacticsAs per recent reports, it has been confirmed by the search engine giant Google that all the allegations made on Friday by a Kenya-based online business listings provider, Mocality, that the staffers of Google tried to destabilize its business by providing wrong information to its users and by inappropriately mining its important data.

While expressing his opinion in this regard, the Vice-President of Google for product and engineering, Europe, Nelson Mattos, said that it was immensely mortifying to know that a group of individuals laboring on a Google project offensively used the data of Mocality and also misused the relationships between Mocality and Google for the sake of encouraging users to make new websites for themselves.

He further added that they have wholeheartedly expressed regrets to Mocality, and are probing over the exact reason behind all that transpired in the recent past.

It is being expected that all the facts and vital data will be uncovered soon, and the officials have vouched that they will be taking suitable action against all those involved in the entire issue.

Mocality has piled up a massive online directory of business listings in Kenya. Earlier, on Friday, it was revealed that Google falsely informed Mocality users that the two firms are having a partnership and alleged that Mocality is charging for its services.

While expressing his opinion in this regard, Stefan Magdalinski, the Chief Executive Officer of Mocality, said: "Since October, Google's GKBO appears to have been systematically accessing Mocality's database and attempting to sell their competing product to our business owners".

The calls began quickly after Google declared about its plan earlier in September for offering the small and medium-size business users of Kenya a free hosting service along with free website designing services. In addition, it is being claimed that Google had announced about a fee-based choice in case the users wish to get a domain for themselves.