Yelp, TripAdvisor: Google’s mobile ‘best-of lists’ hide our content

Google is adding content for users on the go, but some local search rivals see the move intentionally marginalizing their content.

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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 others’ trademarked terms.

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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 position.

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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.

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Copyright bully Getty Images complains to EU that Google coerced it into image search

Company says high-res image search results have harmed traffic and revenues.

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Mississippi attorney general’s “conspiracy to censor the internet” back on as appeals court rules against Google

Google had alleged the Motion Picture Association of America was using Mississippi attorney general’s action as a tool of its private interests in content takedowns.

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Columbia University researchers claim 28% of Google’s URL takedown requests are invalid

Among the questionable DMCA notices, 4.2% of the takedown requests targeted sites that failed to include any copyright infringing content.

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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.

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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 competition.”

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Microsoft Pulls Funding For Anti-Google Lobbying Group FairSearch

According to a report in Re/Code appearing last week, Microsoft has pulled financial support from FairSearch, an anti-Google “watchdog” or lobbying group that has been at the forefront of advancing European antitrust moves against the company. We sought comment from Microsoft when the…

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Report: EU Preparing To File Formal Antitrust Charges Against Google

Company could face billions in potential fines, up to 10 percent of revenue.

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WSJ Report Suggests Intervention In FTC’s Google Investigation By White House

Article asserts Google lobbying affected agency’s decision in antitrust case.

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