Google: Outside US
Google brings personalized Shopping, local inventory and better checkout to U.S.
The redesign and new features aim to lure shoppers away from Amazon....
New European Google local SERPs prompt users to ‘find results on’ other sites
Google appears to be trying to prevent a formal local search antitrust...
Google to offer browser, search-app choices in Android Europe set-up flow
Users will be asked to choose from among five search and browser apps in randomized...
SEO industry ‘a minefield of dodgy practitioners’: Australian official seeks action
Small business advocate is calling for new regulation....
EU copyright directive poised to become law, includes licensing fees for search engines
Controversial 'link tax' and content filtering provisions part of the final language of the Directive....
No surprise: Clicks plummet when images, article info stripped from news results in SERP
Google sought to show potential 'unintended consequences' of new copyright rules that require fees when content is shown in search results....
Google ordered to submit search index to state sponsorship in Russia
Google has a 45 percent search market share in Russia, second only to Yandex....
EU copyright directive nearing final form as Google tests stripped-down news SERPs
Once the language is finalized, each member state will need to ratify the directive....
Google may be headed for victory in EU right-to-be-forgotten indexing appeal
The top legal advisor for the European Court of Justice has recommended that delisting under RTBF not extend outside the EU....
Report: Google’s Chinese search project ‘Dragonfly’ ends (for now)
A combination of internal and external pressure has apparently prevented the project from going forward....
Report: EU antitrust unit exploring broader local search complaint against Google
The focus now moves to travel, hotels and restaurants....
Google facing fine in Russia for allegedly not purging banned websites
The fine would be just over $10,000, but Russian officials are seeking penalties of 1 percent of global revenue going forward....
Google’s EU shopping comparison rivals say their situation is getting worse
They argue in an open letter to the European Commission that Google's auction-based remedy to antitrust claims is fundamentally flawed....
Opinion: Google can’t resist China’s 800 million internet users
Despite moral and ethical concerns, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends company's potential re-entry into China....
Google looking for ways to handle sites blocking searchers over GDPR
Google admits it is a bad user experience for a European user to see content in web search, click on it and get a blocked page because of...
EU approves controversial copyright directive aimed at Google, Facebook, Twitter
The new rules, which require member-state approval to go into effect, amount to a kind of 'GDPR for...
European publishers accuse Google and Facebook of ‘plundering’ their content
Publishers and media companies have stepped up lobbying for a restrictive copyright law that would effectively create 'link taxes.'...
Report: Google building China search query ‘blacklist’ with aid of 265.com
The site was purchased by Google in 2008 and has been used to compile lists of keywords and websites that will be banned....
Report: Google plans to re-enter China with government-approved search app
Company reportedly has been meeting with officials and developing prototype search apps that comply with Chinese censorship demands....
EU: Google shopping search reforms working
EU Commissioner Vestager gave qualified approval to the changes put in place....