Google Wins KinderStart Case Over Site Penalty
Eric Goldman reports that Google has won the case brought against them by KinderStart over Google downgrading their rankings. The case was first filed before March of last year and then KinderStart amended the complaint in September. The bottom line is that Judge Fogel dismissed the “complaint without leave to amend” and also granted Google […]
Barry Schwartz on March 21, 2007 at 8:49 am | Reading time: 1 minute
Eric Goldman reports that Google has won the case brought against them by KinderStart over Google downgrading their rankings.
The case was first filed before March of last year and then KinderStart amended the complaint in September.
The bottom line is that Judge Fogel dismissed the “complaint without leave to amend” and also granted Google sanctions for the legal fees Google accrued due to this case.
Matt Cutts notes he gave a declaration in the case, and Reuters has some more details.
Related stories
About the author
Staff
Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.
In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.
In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.