Google: Business Issues
How social networks usurp Google’s local search dominance
Google may dominate most results, but not local search. Contributor Wesley Young looks at how Facebook and other social networks take a...
Google axes political ads in Washington state, LinkedIn does it globally
New campaign finance rules require near real-time disclosure of data....
Report: EU about to fine Google billions in Android antitrust case
The first antitrust fine was roughly $2.8 billion; this one could be larger....
IAB: Search, the largest category of digital ad spending, generated $40.6B in 2017
Mobile was responsible for 54 percent of paid-search ad revenue last year....
Google posts $31.1B in total revenue, beats top- and bottom-line expectations
The company reported nearly $27 billion in ad...
Updated: Google’s Ben Gomes expands role to head all of search as John Giannandrea moves to Apple to head AI
Role previously held by John Giannandrea to be split between Jeff Dean and Ben...
Europeans again raise the specter of breaking up Google
More of a bargaining position, it's extremely unlikely to actually happen....
Google News Initiative kicks off with Subscribe With Google, other efforts
Subscribers will see articles from their subscribed publications higher in the search results and be logged in to those publications across...
Google selling Zagat to restaurant recommendations site The Infatuation
Google no longer needs Zagat as it once did....
Google, Getty Images enter a multi-year global licensing partnership
The deal effectively ends Getty's European antitrust complaint against Google....
Google begins enforcing certification process for event ticket resellers on AdWords
Ticket resellers are now included among the list of restricted advertisers on AdWords and must be certified by Google before they can...
There’s nothing stopping climate change deniers from using Google AdWords
The latest case study on ways in which targeting algorithms determine the kinds of ads we...
Eric Schmidt stepping down as Executive Chairman of Google parent company, Alphabet
Longtime Google executive will transition to role of technical...
Google facing $1 billion in potential liability with UK class action
The case stems from bypassing the cookie-blocking settings on the iPhone's Safari browser in 2012....
Mozilla drops Yahoo search for Google with new Firefox Quantum browser release
After a three year partnership with Yahoo, Mozilla has switched their default search provider for Firefox back to...
Alphabet (GOOG) third quarter beats estimates: $27.8 billion, revenues up 24%
Google paid clicks were up 55 percent, but CPCs were off 18 percent....
Investors anxious about Google traffic acquisition costs, which regulation could further increase
Mobile fees and new regulatory moves could bump Google's revenue costs....
Google extends olive branch to publishers, lays out new focus on subscriptions
The corporate-level commitment to subscription programs comes as executives acknowledge the challenges publishers have been...
Alphabet to create separate business unit in Europe to run Google Shopping
Effort is attempt to comply with European antitrust decision; would force Google to bid against rivals in the AdWords auction as a standalone...
Google gradually limiting search ads on addiction treatment queries
Another side effect of the opioid epidemic: A marketing environment ripe for abuse....
