Investors anxious about Google traffic acquisition costs, which regulation could further increase

Mobile fees and new regulatory moves could bump Google’s revenue costs.

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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 Engines

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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.

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Yelp says Google violated ‘do not crawl’ provision of 2013 FTC settlement agreement

Reportedly, numerous Yelp business images were found in Google Maps.

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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.

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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.

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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 bring CSE business back.

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Canada’s Supreme Court orders Google to de-index site globally, opening door to censorship

Decision is dangerous to free speech and the free flow of online information.

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How the EU fine will ruin Google Shopping for the consumer

What will be the impact of the European Union’s recent antitrust fine against Google? Columnist and shopping ads expert Andreas Reiffen weighs in.

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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.

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Advertisers get claim notices for Google’s $22.5M settlement over ads on parked domains

The settlement stems from a case that dates back to 2008 about Google ads showing on error pages and parked domains.

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Google receives search warrant for identities of everyone who searched crime victim’s name

If this overly broad warrant were duplicated in other jurisdictions, local law enforcement might use Google as a first stop in their investigations.

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