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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....
CSEs will compete head-on with Google Shopping in EU search results
To provide "equal treatment" in the ad auction, Google Shopping will operate as a separate business unit bidding against Comparison Shopping...
How the Russian search market looks now
Contributor Brendan McGonigle examines shifts in the Russian search market resulting from Google's recent move to come into compliance with...
Yelp says Google violated ‘do not crawl’ provision of 2013 FTC settlement agreement
Reportedly, numerous Yelp business images were found in Google Maps. ...
UK local SEO firm Movette shut down by regulators for deceptive sales practices
Firm falsely implied it was affiliated with Google and signed SMBs up to recurring annual contracts worth from $250 to more than $300....
Privacy group files flawed complaint against Google Store Sales Measurement
EPIC gets the basic facts wrong about the data being used in Google program....
Google fighting local battles over global control of its index in Canada, France
Regulators and courts seek to assert authority over global search results rather than limit decisions to their own countries....
Top European court to decide if Google needs to purge disputed links from global index
French regulators have argued that the "right to be forgotten" is not fully enforceable unless content is removed worldwide....
What to make of the EU’s absurd antitrust ruling against Google
In its concern over Google's market dominance, the EU has focused on the wrong issue. Its ruling won't benefit consumers and isn't going to...
EU slaps Google with $2.7B antitrust fine for favoring its own content in search results
The fine is much larger than expected and sets a worrying precedent for the company as it faces future cases....
EU sources say $1.17 billion antitrust fine against Google coming in weeks
Shopping search penalty is the first of three potential fines against the company....
EU ready to fine Google billions in shopping search antitrust case [Report]
In one of three active cases, the company faces potential fines of up to $9 billion....
FTC sues 1-800 Contacts over reciprocal, ‘anti-competitive’ PPC bidding agreements
Bidding agreements prevented 1-800 Contacts and its rivals from bidding on each other's trademarked terms....
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...
Chinese government cracks down on search ads and “banned content”
New rules protect public but tighten government control over search results....
Google facing likelihood of third antitrust complaint in Europe
AdWords and search-box contracts the focus of potentially impending third Statement of Objections from European Commission....
Google appeals French order to censor Right-to-Be-Forgotten links globally
Google is taking its case to France's highest administrative...
Report: 2 years in, 75 percent of Right to Be Forgotten asks denied by Google
More than 50 percent of requests come from Germany and the UK....
French privacy regulator fines Google for not removing RTBF links outside of Europe
CNIL in France refuses to compromise on demand that Google remove all Right to Be Forgotten content from its entire index....
Streetmap Loses Anti-Competitive Lawsuit Against Google In UK
Streetmap had sued on grounds that putting Google Maps at the top of search results was an “abuse of...
