EU accuses Google of search abuse
The European Union has filed a complaint against Google over its alleged anti competitive behaviour. The competition commissioner said she had issued a “statement of…
Google dominates search traffic
Google accounts for over 90% of global organic search traffic-according to new research. The search engine world will continue to focus heavily on Google this…
Google v Amazon- rivalry grows
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has said the firm’s biggest rival in online search is Amazon. Mr Schmidt fought back at claims that Google enjoyed unrivalled…
Google’s tax avoidance damages it’s brand image
Google’s brand image has been damaged by the criticism of it’s tax avoidance of taxes, a major survey of consumer attitudes has found.The search engine…
Google tries to offer deal to end Brussels anti-trust probe
Google has proposed a package of concessions as it seeks to end a long running investigation into its European search business.The suggested changes to its…
British Library to store every UK website
The British Library and four other “legal deposit libraries’” will have the right to collect and store everything that is published online in the UK.It…
Value of Google’s PPC Adwords is questioned by eBay
The value of advertising on Google’s AdWords PPC platform is questioned by eBay.The research- Consumer Heterogeneity and Paid Search Effectiveness: A Large Scale Field Experiment…
Google’s privacy data policy under fire by EU
EU data watchdogs plan to take action against Google by this summer over the web giant’s current privacy policy, French privacy regulator CNIL has said.Since…
U.S. search engine rankings for 2012
The US search engine rankings have been released for 2012- with somewhat predictable results.Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in December with…
Free v PPC search engine click through ratio- latest research
New research has published the latest search engine click through ratio which compares the number of people clicking on the “free” organic results against the…