This day in search marketing history: March 24
Google’s top 3 search ranking factors, plus: Google Maps blocks abusive business profile edits, Google penalties and more.
Topic: RTBF
This day in search marketing history: March 4
Sheryl Sandberg leaves Google for Facebook, plus: new GA4 homepage, Wikipedia turns PPC into SEM, goodbye Scroogled and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 10
Google refreshes Page Layout Algorithm, plus: Google's ads impact on advertisers, poor grammar, Google Buzz reaction and more
This day in search marketing history: February 9
Google Buzz launches, plus: Bing Ads outage, Google search time capsule, Adwords yellow ads return, Yahoo rejecting Microsoft and more
This day in search marketing history: January 10
Google launches Search Plus Your World, plus: subtopics ranking, Google Ads custom dimensions, links within widgets and more.
In a victory for speech, EU’s top court sides with Google in right to be forgotten case
A decision in favor of French regulators might have set a difficult precedent.
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.
SearchCap: Google loses RTBF case, local pack report & schema SEO
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 loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in UK High CourtApr 13, 2018 by Greg Sterling Decision likely to spark other appeals to courts by those denied de-listing. Want to target […]
Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in UK High Court
Decision likely to spark other appeals to courts by those denied de-listing.
German court: Google has no ‘duty to inspect’ websites for illegal content before displaying
The court held that Google can't be held liable before being notified of a 'clearly recognizable violation' of individual rights.
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.
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.
Two major changes potentially coming to EU’s Right to Be Forgotten with global implications
Authorities in France considering automatic delisting for "sensitive personal data" and forcing global index removal.
SearchCap: Google critic reviews, local positions & 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: Bing to censor Bing.com in the EU for Right To Be Forgotten searchesAug 12, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues According to the announcement, Bing’s updated RTBF policy for the EU will use […]
Bing to censor Bing.com in the EU for Right To Be Forgotten searches
According to the announcement, Bing's updated RTBF policy for the EU will use location-based signals to remove relevant URLs on all versions of Bing.
Google appeals French order to censor Right-to-Be-Forgotten links globally
Google is taking its case to France's highest administrative court.
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.
SearchCap: SEO In 2016, Missed Campaign Opportunities & Google Adds Animal Sounds
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 Agrees To Complicated Worldwide “Right To Be Forgotten” Censorship Plan Mar 4, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Google will ensure those within a country where a RTBF request was granted cannot […]
SearchCap: Google Expands RTBF, Google PLA GTINs & Crawlers
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Retailers: GTINs Required By May 16 For Google Product Listing AdsFeb 11, 2016 by Ginny Marvin GTINs will be required for brand name products sold by multiple merchants. 5 Simple Strategies […]
Right To Be Forgotten: French Argue They Have Authority To Regulate Google Globally
Setting up a potential international “conflict of laws” dispute, France’s privacy regulator (CNIL) rejected Google’s arguments against expanding the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) to the company’s global index. Google had been limiting RTBF removals to European domains such as Google.fr. Privacy regulators in Europe have argued that the ability to access the “removed” content […]
UK Regulator To Google: You Must De-Index Follow-Up Stories About Right To Be Forgotten Subjects
The European “hide me, find me” SEO game that is the Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) continues to twist and turn. The latest twist is that Google has been ordered by a UK regulator to remove links that were indexed after subsequent news articles appeared about the subject of the original RTBF de-indexing. The Guardian […]
Google Fights France To Prevent Globalization Of The Right-to-Be-Forgotten
Google has formally appealed France’s data protection authority’s order that Google apply Right-to-Be-Forgotten (RTBF) removals to its global index. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) had protested Google’s Europe-only removal policy and threatened to fine the company €150,000 ($169,000) for failing to apply the rule on a worldwide basis. Previously Google said […]
SearchCap: Google Purchase Now, Google Needs SEO & RTBF UK
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 Is Hiring An SEO Manager To Improve Its Rankings In Google Hey SEOs! Looking for a new place to work? Google is hiring a SEO to help drive more organic […]
UK Paper Argues Right To Be Forgotten Being Abused In Some Cases
While the majority of Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) take-down requests in Europe do not seek to conceal criminal misdeeds, the UK-based Daily Mail argues that in some cases it’s being abused by those trying to suppress criminal records. The publication cites several egregious examples where criminals have had links successfully removed: Examples of links […]
SearchCap: Google On Links, RTBF In US & Tweets Indexing
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Wywy Lets Advertisers Sync Search Bidding With Television Campaigns eHealth.com is first to boost Google AdWords bids in the minutes after commercials air. Google Now Indexing 466% More Tweets, Still Favoring […]
Consumer Group Petitions FTC To Bring Europe’s Right-To-Be-Forgotten To US
Consumer Watchdog argues values behind RTBF are already part of US law.
SearchCap: Google Quality Update, Fast Reconsideration Requests & Russia Right To Be Forgotten
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: EU Says Process For Reviewing Right To Be Forgotten Appeals Is Working Of the nearly 2,000 complaints reviewed so far, the EU found the majority of denied RTBF requests were justified. […]
EU Says Process For Reviewing Right To Be Forgotten Appeals Is Working
Of the nearly 2,000 complaints reviewed so far, the EU found the majority of denied RTBF requests were justified.
France Gives Google 15 Days To Apply Right-To-Be-Forgotten To Global Results
EU privacy regulators believe Europe-only application of rule undermines its effectiveness.
Demanding More Detail, Legal Group Calls On Google To Disclose RTBF Criteria
The group of 80 lawyers and academics want a lot more information from Google.
SearchCap: Google Right To Be Forgotten, YouTube Searches & Google Doodle
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Give Yourself A Grade In AdWords Columnist Frederick Vallaeys shares his favorite tools and methods for evaluating your AdWords performance. Right-To-Be-Forgotten One Year Later: 70 Percent Of Requests Refused The most […]
Right-To-Be-Forgotten One Year Later: 70 Percent Of Requests Refused
The most often cited reason for RTBF requests is "invasion of privacy."
SearchCap: Google AdWords URLs, Google Doodle & Right To Be Forgotten
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Official: Google AdWords Rolls Out “Upgraded URLs” For Tracking Parameters Ads (usually) will no longer be re-set and sent back to editorial review when tracking criteria change. The Thorny Dilemma At […]
The Debate Over Whether The “Right To Be Forgotten” Should Apply To Google.com
Both Google and the EU have credible positions on whether RTBF should be applied globally.
SearchCap: comScore Search Share, RetailMeNot Google Panda Free & Bing Ads Enhanced Sitelinks
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Right To Be Forgotten: Google Tells Europe It Won’t Scrub Global Index European privacy regulators continue to push for an extension of The Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) to the entire […]
Right To Be Forgotten: Google Tells Europe It Won’t Scrub Google.com
European privacy regulators continue to push for an extension of The Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) to the entire Google index, globally. However Google for the time being has taken the position that it will not remove RTBF results from Google.com. That was reiterated this week by David Drummond, the company’s Chief Legal Officer. He’s […]
DMCA Takedown Database ChillingEffects.org Takes Itself Out Of Search Results
The irony here is almost too obvious to mention: an entity dedicated to monitoring the potential “chilling effects” of DMCA takedown notices is censoring itself. Chillingeffects.org has now removed itself from search results, making those notices harder to find. Chillingeffects.org was created in roughly 2001 as an academic and public resource to monitor and record potentially improper DMCA requests. […]