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 order.
Topic: Europe
Google launches News Initiative subscriptions lab for publishers
The company also announced new fact-checking tools and other efforts to stop the spread of 'misinformation.'
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.
Data: Google organic search CTRs decline on desktop, see big drop on phones
Mobile organic clicks on declined roughly 10 points between 2016 and 2018.
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 PLA antitrust remedy turning comparison engines into agencies
Google shopping competitors now 32 percent of results in UK, Germany, France.
Report: EU antitrust unit exploring broader local search complaint against Google
The focus now moves to travel, hotels and restaurants.
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.
SearchCap: The open marketing cloud, Bing improves web crawler efficiency, more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Open Marketing Cloud: A no-BS demo of Mautic’s marketing automation platform Oct 17, 2018 by Digital Marketing Depot Are you unhappy with your experience or results using one of the […]
SearchCap: Google+ closing down, Bing Ads Editor in-marketing audiences & Google My Business analytics
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ads Editor now supports in-market audiencesOct 8, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Manage in-market audience associations in bulk. Google to close Google+ after 7 years: A look back at the impact […]
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 GDPR.
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 copyright.'
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.'
Antitrust, data and consumer privacy will take center stage at new FTC hearings
Will they lead to a new Google investigation, more Facebook scrutiny?
EU: Google shopping search reforms working
EU Commissioner Vestager gave qualified approval to the changes put in place.
EU’s disruptive ‘copyright reform’ moves closer to passage
Legislation seeks to clean up copyright but also to subsidize traditional media at the expense of internet companies.
Yelp-led group’s new video appeals to Google employees to advocate for internal change
Video makes argument that Google is doing anti-competitive things in local search results.
Yelp asks Europe to take new antitrust action against Google
Complaint to European Commission applies the logic of the Shopping Search case to local search.
Abraham Ortelius Google doodle honors cartographer behind first modern day atlas
Published on this date in 1570, Ortelius's 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' included a collection of maps from scientists, geographers and cartographers.
SearchCap: Google algorithm update, changes to autocomplete & regional content
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google confirms rolling out a broad core search algorithm update earlier this weekApr 20, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google has confirmed rumors that a search algorithm update took place on Monday. […]
Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in UK High Court
Decision likely to spark other appeals to courts by those denied de-listing.
Facebook & Cambridge Analytica: What we know, what they knew & where that leaves us
A brief history of the many privacy disasters at the world's dominant social media platform, and what the most recent data exposure means for marketers, and other data Borg as Facebook's CEO faces Congress.
Europeans again raise the specter of breaking up Google
More of a bargaining position, it's extremely unlikely to actually happen.
Proposed EU consumer rules to force ‘marketplaces’ to reveal ‘default ranking criteria’
Penalties will be stronger, and there will be an individual right of action.
To comply with GDPR, Google asks publishers to manage user-data consent for ad targeting in EU
Publishers are being asked to manage the consent process on behalf of Google.
Disney theme parks now on Google Street View
Users can now virtually tour almost every inch of Disney's many theme parks.
Law and reputation firms generate 21% of Right to Be Forgotten delistings, says Google
New report from Google digs into three years' worth of data on removal requests and exposes the delisting criteria.
Google EU shopping rivals complain antitrust remedies aren’t working
They're demanding more changes, saying their problems have intensified rather than improved since the EC ruling in June, 2017.
European press agencies push for licensing fees for their content from Google, Facebook
It remains to be seen whether European legislators and regulators will pick up the cause, but there's a possibility that they will.
Gertrude Jekyll Google doodle marks 174th birthday of the famous British horticulturist
Google invited British artist Ben Lewis Giles to create the colorful image celebrating Jekyll.
Missouri Attorney General initiates Google antitrust investigation
Focus is on consumer data collection practices and alleged "search bias."
US court orders Google not to comply with Canadian court’s order delisting search results
The US court agreed with Google that implementation of the Canadian court's ruling would violate US laws, including the right to free speech.
Echo and Home will probably have to tell you they’re always listening — in Europe
As smart speakers proliferate around the world, some governments will require strong privacy disclosures and consent to recording.
Investors anxious about Google traffic acquisition costs, which regulation could further increase
Mobile fees and new regulatory moves could bump Google's revenue costs.
SearchCap: Capitalizing on Google Tag Manager, Google My Business & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Danny Sullivan joins Google, leaves advisor role at Third Door Media Oct 6, 2017 by Michelle Robbins Search industry veteran journalist begins new role at Alphabet’s core business division on Monday […]
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 entity.
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.