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\n 31 March 2011<\/span>
\nLast updated at <\/span>04:49 ET<\/span>
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Microsoft says it plans to file a European antitrust complaint against Google, accusing the firm of trying to edge it out of the search market.<\/p>\n

The software maker claims that Google used its dominant position to restrict the growth of Microsoft services.<\/p>\n

It cites a number of anti-competitive practices, including Google limiting the ability of Microsoft Bing to index web content.<\/p>\n

Google said it was not surprised by the move and would happily explain itself.<\/p>\n

In a detailed blog<\/a>, Microsoft’s general counsel, Brad Smith, outlined the company’s grievances.<\/p>\n

He wrote: “Our filing today focuses on a pattern of actions that Google has taken to entrench its dominance in the markets for online search and search advertising to the detriment of European consumers.”<\/p>\n

The post goes on to list five different ways in which Google, according to Microsoft, has sought to control the search market.<\/p>\n

Those are:<\/p>\n