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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....
Yelp says Google violated ‘do not crawl’ provision of 2013 FTC settlement agreement
Reportedly, numerous Yelp business images were found in Google Maps. ...
Report: Google to appeal $2.7 billion EU fine
Google still required to make changes to search results during appeal process....
Top European court’s ruling might embolden US tech companies to challenge regulators
The European Court of Justice rebuked a lower court for failing to properly consider Intel's arguments in a nearly decade-old case....
Google making renewed effort to help news publishers drive more subscriptions
Google effort appears to be a modified version of existing tools and approaches with some new, unspecified wrinkles....
Analyst: Google’s default search deal worth $3 billion to frenemy Apple
Bernstein analyst says that payments by Google to Apple this year might be worth as much as $3 billion....
Alphabet (GOOG) reports big revenue gains but EU fine takes a bite from earnings and income
Aggregate paid clicks were up 52 percent but CPCs were down 23 percent....
Google CEO Sundar Pichai joins Alphabet board
During his tenure, Google's stock has increased from roughly $650 to...
Creating Google doodles that ‘Surprise & Delight’: 5 Questions with Doodler Sophie Diao
Offering a behind the scenes glance at the doodle team in action, Diao shares what she appreciates most about her work....
Search ads generated 50 percent of digital revenue in first half of 2016
Mobile was the driver of overall growth, with mobile search ad revenue approaching desktop levels. ...
New EU copyright rules: basic fairness or punitive media subsidy?
Europe sees a fairer marketplace, Google sees a bonanza for lawyers....
Google’s ban on payday & high-interest loan ads going into effect now
After a week's delay, the ban on predatory lending ads for AdWords advertisers is beginning to roll out....
Report: EU responding to Google antitrust search-quality defense with new objections
Supplementary statement reportedly being filed to enable European Commission to address Google's defense against claims of abuse of market...
Google now handles at least 2 trillion searches per year
The search giant won't say exactly how many trillions of queries it processes, other than it's now two or more. It last claimed 1.2 trillion in...
Google: “No current plans” for ads in Gboard
But the new iOS keyboard app from Google sure looks like a big new opportunity for mobile search...
NFL-YouTube deal will bring highlight videos & related news directly into Google search results
Searches for specific NFL teams will deliver direct answers that include YouTube videos of highlights from games in progress....
Google’s ban on payday loans estimated to cost millions in lost ad revenue
Still, the estimated losses account for just .05 percent of Google's annual ad revenue last...
