Re:Why shouldn't they? (Score 1)

Furthermore, Google is not altering their search results to favor their own sites, they are placing a blue shaded bar directly above the search results with the google service (google video, picassa, gmail, docs and spreadsheets, etc) labled as a "Sponsored Link". The other thing I noticed was them having "tips" at the top of their search results with google services listed. The first way is a little more apparently advertising, but the second is still separate from the search results... it would be one thing if google doctored their search results to promote their own services, but advertising or suggesting their own services on their own site in a spot separate from the search results... who cares?