Highlights from the SEW Blog: July 5, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
View ArticleGoogle AdWords' Discriminatory Behavior Needs Tweaking, French Regulator Says
In a statement, the Autorité de la Concurrence said Google's treatment of advertisers (i.e.its clients) on AdWords was unfair, and the Mountain View-based company failed to provide information in "an...
View ArticleGoogle-Motorola Acquisition Approved in U.S., EU
In a pair of announcements made just hours apart, the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission each announced that the $12.5 billion acquisition had been cleared by their respective...
View ArticleGoogle’s Patent Battle With Microsoft & Apple Escalates
Microsoft has filed a formal complaint against Motorola with the European Commission over what it sees as a clear abuse of its industry standard patents, with Google's tacit backing. This follows a...
View ArticleFTC: Google Demoting Rankings of Competing Vertical Websites is Justifiable
The FTC has concluded its investigation into Google’s business practices. On the question of search bias and Google promoting its own vertical properties within its search results more prominently than...
View ArticleGoogle: Can The Marcia Brady Of Search Stay Sweet?
Does search dominance by Google mean that the company is destined to be hated, in the way that Microsoft endures a poor reputation due to its dominance of operating systems, office software and...
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