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  1. Is Google Sucking the Life Out of Your Identity? Are They Alone?

    The Justice Department certainly hasn't been bashful about asking various search engines and social media platforms to share privileged data before – even without a warrant. It certainly helps them harvest the data upon which their advertising...

  2. Cyber Monday Traffic, Mobile & Ad Spend All Up on $1.46 Billion Shopping Day

    Department stores continued to offer compelling deals and promotions that drove sales to grow by 43.1 percent over Cyber Monday 2011. In aggregate over the five days, paid search spend by retailers increased 43 percent and cost-per-click increased...

  3. Google Accused of Being Too Slow to Derank Pirate Websites

    However, Google has been accused of being too slow about it, and now faces the prospect of a review by government mandarins at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The department told the Guardian that it is considering its options.

  4. Going Global: Localize Your Message for Holiday Retail Traffic

    The department store offers womens wear, mens wear, childrens wear, home, and health and beauty products. Now, German shoppers are increasingly turning to a British department store when they shop. Holiday” has different meanings for different...

  5. SEMPO Appeals to FTC for Updated Search Engine Disclosure Guidelines

    Our leadership team and membership community are already assisting the U.S.government: for example, we are currently working with the Department of Labor on the classification of job roles. Laura Sullivan, Advertising Practices

  6. Google Forfeiture: Government Splits $500 Million

    Five agencies that participated in the investigation of Google for distributing paid search ads for Canadian pharmacies that illegally shipping drugs into the U.S.will split $230 million of the $500 million Google forfeited to avoid prosecution by...

  7. Will Yahoo Torch its Search Deal With Microsoft, Outsource Search to Google?

    This attracted the attention of the Department of Justice, and Google pulled out of the deal later that year over broader antitrust concerns and fear of being labeled a “monopolist”. Later, Yahoo agreed to partner with Google on advertising in 2008.

  8. Yahoo Begins Honoring Browser Do-Not-Track Signals

    Commerce Department officially throwing their weight behind Do Not Track, big ad sellers are obliged to get serious about honoring those requests. will no longer score your activities for advertising or content interests and no longer personalize...