Google: Outside US
Australia’s showdown with Google has profound implications for domestic businesses and other digital platforms
The proposed legislation could create an untenable position for search engines in Australia, and Google’s threat to shut down search could...
Google might remove search in Australia if forced to pay to link to sites
This comes after Google signs an agreement with French publishers to pay for some...
New EU regulations compel more transparency for search rankings
Guidelines seek disclosure of major ranking factors by Google, Amazon....
Google to launch ‘enhanced news storytelling’ project with licensed content
But aggressive government intervention in Australia threatens Google's voluntary news licensing strategy....
Top EU court blows up data transfer agreement relied on by Google, Facebook, Amazon
Privacy Shield is dead, what now for U.S. brands and marketers doing business in the European...
French regulator fines Google $166 million for ‘brutal’ ad suspensions
Google says it was protecting the French public from deceptive websites....
More EU antitrust heat for Google (and Facebook) over data collection
In a separate matter, 41 shopping comparison sites want the European Commission to further penalize Google in shopping search....
Google won’t pay French publishers copyright fees, will limit content in search results instead
Publishers will need to give explicit consent to Google to show more of their content, says the company....
Google brings personalized Shopping, local inventory and better checkout to U.S.
The redesign and new features aim to lure shoppers away from Amazon....
New European Google local SERPs prompt users to ‘find results on’ other sites
Google appears to be trying to prevent a formal local search antitrust...
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...
SEO industry ‘a minefield of dodgy practitioners’: Australian official seeks action
Small business advocate is calling for new regulation....
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....
No surprise: Clicks plummet when images, article info stripped from news results in SERP
Google sought to show potential 'unintended consequences' of new copyright rules that require fees when content is shown in search results....
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’s Chinese search project ‘Dragonfly’ ends (for now)
A combination of internal and external pressure has apparently prevented the project from going forward....
Report: EU antitrust unit exploring broader local search complaint against Google
The focus now moves to travel, hotels and restaurants....
Google facing fine in Russia for allegedly not purging banned websites
The fine would be just over $10,000, but Russian officials are seeking penalties of 1 percent of global revenue going forward....