Judge lets SEO sabotage lawsuit over toxic backlinks move forward
The case could test whether businesses can use false advertising law to challenge harmful backlink campaigns.
Topic: Lawsuit
AI is building your digital experience. It’s also making it less accessible.
AI is generating more of the web, and it's carrying the same accessibility gaps with it. Marketing has the leverage to close them
ChatGPT gains access to Yelp reviews, ratings, and photos
Yelp will feed real-time local data into ChatGPT, including reviews, photos and quote requests, with branded links back to its platform.
How structured data supports local visibility across Google and AI
Schema helps Google and AI systems verify business information and reduce conflicts across local packs, AI Overviews, and search results.
Reddit sues Perplexity, SerpApi over scraping Google Search data
Perplexity and SerpApi disguised bots to scrape Reddit data from Google at 'industrial scale,' according to Reddit's new lawsuit.
Penske Media sues Google, says AI Overviews hurt revenue, traffic
Penske Media, owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety, says Google AI Overviews steal content, cut traffic and threaten media’s future.
Google faces $13 billion in EU civil claims after Shopping antitrust fine
The lawsuits by EU rivals may force major changes to Google's shopping and comparison queries and ad visibility.
Google sued by publishers over alleged pirate textbook promotion
This raises serious concerns for advertisers about brand safety, fair competition and the integrity of ad placements.
Google faces $2.27 billion lawsuit by publishers over advertising practices
A group of 32 publishers in Europe filed the lawsuit, alleging Google's advertising practices have caused them financial losses.
Lawsuit: Meta placed ads next to content sexualizing minors
Meta has allegedly been "duping" corporate clients like Walmart by allowing ads to run alongside "clearly illegal" content.
Google Search goes after fraudulent and manipulative DMCA takedown requests
The lawsuit alleges two men created over 65 Google accounts and submitted hundreds of thousands of fake DMCA takedown requests to remove competitors from the search results.
Daily Mail ‘set to sue’ Google over Bard copyright issues
Google is accused of illegally taking hundreds of thousands of the newspaper's articles to train its ChatGPT rival, Bard.
Google sued for allegedly stealing content, data to train AI products
The lawsuit will cause copyright concerns amongst marketers who are increasingly turning to AI products to generate media assets.
Google files lawsuit over fake review scams
Google said in this case the alleged scammers created 350 fraudulent Business Profiles and over 14,000 fake reviews.
Warby Parker dodges 1-800 Contacts lawsuit over search results, website
Warby Parker, 1-800 Contacts don't see eye to eye on branded keyword search results and federal courts ruling.
New lawsuit targets Google over location data
Google is accused of using dark patterns to get more location data from its users and profit from better search results and Google Ads.
The cost of ignoring website accessibility
Non-compliant sites are vulnerable to lawsuits, but SEOs can help protect them by advocating for accessibility, which can serve both differently-abled audiences as well as your business goals.
Is your website at risk for an ADA accessibility lawsuit?
It's not only the right thing to comply to help users, but the majority of lawsuits over compliance with the Americans with Disability Act are aimed at smaller and medium operation businesses.
Small business scammer shut down by Google lawsuit
Defendant firm had falsely represented that it was acting on behalf of Google.
Google steps up efforts to fight scams and fraud directed at SMBs
The company is filing new lawsuits, has developed tools and a stronger education program.
SearchCap: Yahoo sues Mozilla, Google Lens review & celebs help Google
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 lowdown on driving app downloads with Universal App campaignsDec 7, 2017 by Matt Lawson Google’s Universal App campaigns use machine learning to automate app promotion. Columnist and Googler Matt Lawson […]
No, SEO isn’t “search engine manipulation” that Google will ban you for
In a legal statement, Google introduces the term "search engine manipulation" -- but think of it as a synonym for spam, not SEO.
Google Loses Appeal By AdWords Advertisers In Suit Over Ads On Error Pages
Ruling overturns lower court denial of class-action status for advertisers, paving the way for plaintiffs to be able to sue as a group. Higher court also sides with advertisers on methods for calculating restitution.
Google Files Suit Against SEO Firm Accused Of Robocalling, Launches Complaint Center For Users
The company finally takes defensive action against illegal robocallers that prey on small businesses.
PhantomALERT: Waze Stole Our Database And Sold It To Google For $1 Billion
Traffic violation-avoidance app maker PhantomALERT has sued Waze/Google for copyright violations and related claims. The company contends that Waze stole its points of interest (POI) database after partnership negotiations broke down between the two companies. Google is named in the suit only as the legal owner of and successor to Waze. No specific Google wrongdoing […]
Google Patent Search Upgrade Adds Prior Art & Scholar Results
Google makes it easier for users to find patents with the new Patent Search. Mostly because of Google's efforts behind the PTO’s Patent Quality Initiative.
Bing Image Widget Now Offline After Getty Images Lawsuit
The Bing Image Widget that launched on August 22nd is now temporarily offline after Getty Images sued Microsoft over the feature. If you try to access the tool, you will be presented with a notice that the “Image Widget” has been “temporarily removed the beta.” Here is a picture: Getty Imaged filed a lawsuit against […]
BrightEdge Uses SEO Patents As “Sword,” Sues Searchmetrics
Oh no they didn’t: BrightEdge has sued rival Searchmetrics using multiple SEO patents, which were granted last year. The concern being expressed by some today is that this could be the beginning of a wave of litigation as BrightEdge seeks to capitalize on its newly granted IP or goes after competitors that it perceives to […]
German Design Firm Claims Willful Patent Infringement Over Google Earth
A German design firm is claiming that Google and Google Earth have infringed its patent (USRE44550 E1) and is seeking triple damages under the notion that the infringement was intentional or willful. The firm, ART+COM (“ACI”), makes the following claims: The development history of Google Earth indicates knowledge and infringement by key Google employees Google Earth […]
German Courts Follow French Ruling & Order Google To Block Max Mosley Images In Search Results
Google has lost another case in the Max Mosley lawsuit, this time in Germany. According to a Reuter’s report, a German court has ruled Google is responsible for distributing scandalous pictures of the former Formula One president, and is ordering the search engine to block links to the images from appearing in search results. The […]
Yahoo Wins $2.75 Billion Appeal In Yellow Pages Case
Yahoo announced yesterday that it had prevailed in an appeal of a $2.75 judgment in Mexico obtained by former joint venture partners. Those former partners, Worldwide Directories and Ideas Interactivas, sued Yahoo for breach of contract and damages. The case arose from the termination of a contract between Yahoo de Mexico and Ideas Interactivas. In […]
Taiwanese Research Firm Claims Patent Law Suit Against Google Search Products
Institute for Information, located in Taipei, Taiwan, has brought a patent lawsuit against Google in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. According to the case, the research institution claims Google Search, Google+ Local and Google Places infringes on the Institute for Information’s patented information retrieval system. The patent in question was […]
Five Steps To Successfully Navigate Negative Online Reviews
Last month, D.C. contractor Dietz Development made news when it filed a $750,000 Internet defamation lawsuit against its former customer, Jane Perez, for negative reviews she posted on Yelp and Angie’s List regarding renovation work at her home. The company claimed the reviews, which alleged that Dietz did not complete its work and stole jewelry […]
Google Make Deal With French Anti-Racism Groups Over ‘Jew’ Search Suggestions
Google in deal with French groups over ‘Jew’ suggestion via the AFP reports Google has made a deal with several French anti-racism groups of Google offering ‘Jew’ to the search suggestions for several prominent names in that country. Our earlier story named Google Queries Reveal Potential “Underground” Anti-Semitism In France explains that the French people […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 3, 2012
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’s March Updates: Anchor Text, Image Search, Navigational Search & More Google’s latest round of search quality updates is now available, and — at the risk of sounding like a grumpy […]
Class Action Lawsuit Against Google For Ads On Parked Domains Turned Down
paidContent reports the lawsuit brought against Google in 2008 over quality of ads showing on parked or error message web pages has been thrown out by the court. On Thursday, January 5th, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila turned down the class action suit brought against Google. He said he would not allow the suit because […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 28, 2011
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Do Your 2012 Resolutions Include Increasing Conversion Rates? That’s a trick question. Of course the answer should always be yes. Hopefully your website conversions in 2011 have already resulted in a […]
Google Gets Chance To Appeal In Street View Lawsuit
Just a couple weeks after the latest setback, Google picked up a small but potentially important victory today in its defense against charges that the company violated federal wiretap laws when its Street View cars intercepted personal data over unencrypted WiFi networks. As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, Judge James Ware has put the case […]
PayPal Sues Google, Sees Powerful Threat To Its Future In Google Wallet
In California it’s almost impossible to stop a key employee from jumping ship to a rival company. The law heavily favors the employee’s right to earn a living and typically won’t permit the former employer to prevent the employee from working for a rival. California law does, however, protect “trade secrets” and will sometimes permit […]
Priceline.com Founder Sues Google Over Offers Service
Although Google Offers hasn’t formally launched yet, the service is already facing its first lawsuit. Walker Digital, a private R&D lab that created and launched Priceline.com in the late 1990s, is suing Google for allegedly violating four of the company’s patents. The lawsuit, which asks the court for a jury trial, seeks unspecified damages and […]