Suit over Google Search Rankings May Continue

A California judge is considering whether to grant class-action status to a suit charging that Google unfairly lowered the search ranking of a Web site. The parties in the suit, including Google and KinderStart, a Norwalk CA-based parenting content site, argued their cases in a U.S. district court hearing on Friday in San Jose.

At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Jeremy Fogel scheduled additional hearings for September.

KinderStart alleges that Google reduced the Google PageRank rating of its Web site to zero