10M Euros job to monitor Google

Now that is interesting. From the tender specification PDF doc:

3.1. Subject

The subject of the contract is to provide the Commission with technical expertise in the field of:

i. Search Engine Optimisation ("SEO");

ii. Search Engine Marketing ("SEM"); and

iii. statistical and economic analysis related to the above-mentioned subject matters.

That expertise is necessary in the context of:

i. the monitoring by the Commission of Google's implementation of the Decision; and

ii. the Commission's defence before the Union Courts in relation to actions forannulment of the Decision, or any other action against the Commission in relationto the Decision, or of any subsequent Commission decision related to theimplementation ofthe Decision.

3.2. Task description

The Services to be provided consists of advising the Commission, on Google's compliance with the order to put an end to the infringement defined by the Decision and to treat competing comparison shopping services no less favourably than its own comparison shopping service within its general search results pages.

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Although the title has been modified by the submitter i would argue in this specific case it is more accurate.

Well the EC looks pissed off. Whoever gets the contract, it's going to be stormy out there.