The European Commission (EC) has revealed that it is likely to reject Google's proposed search changes. European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia addressed the European parliament yesterday and said that Google's proposed changes to its...
The EC also revealed some images illustrating what Google's results could soon look like. This EC document provides all the details. The European Commission is now seeking feedback on Google's cosmetic search result changes that aim to settle a...
The European Commission (EC) has been investigating Google's alleged "anticompetitive" internet search service since 2010, after a number of companies lead by Microsoft complained that Google was abusing its dominant position in the internet...
The European Commission (EC) hit Microsoft with a €561 million fine Wednesday, after the firm failed to keep its promise of offering Windows users a choice of web browsers. Web browser rivals Google and Opera tipped off the EC about Microsoft's...
Google has submitted a response to the European Commission (EC) over its anti-competitive business concerns, Reuters reported. Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia confirmed that Google submitted the documents Thursday evening, just in time for...
The European Commission (EC) gave Google a July deadline to address antitrust concerns. Google has said they were working with the EC to address antitrust concerns. Senators delved into their own antitrust probe against Google following the EC's...
The EC has the power to fine firms as much as 10 percent of their annual revenues, if they are found to have breached competition laws. Senators Herb Kohl and Mike Lee, both of whom last year were involved in a hearing with Eric Schmidt, Google's...
Microsoft has filed a formal complaint against Motorola with the European Commission (EC) over what it sees as a clear abuse of its industry standard patents, with Google's tacit backing. This follows a similar filing by Apple demanding EC...
Department of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission (EC) each announced that the deal had been cleared by their respective antitrust authorities and could proceed. While the DOJ and EC both signed off the deal, officials were quick to note that...
The EC issued a filing last month asking Google to provide additional details on how the acquisition will be carried out. A filing on the EC web site said that a second notification was issued December 6, informing Google that the deadline for a...
The European Commission (EC) will issue a 400-page document outlining its concerns with Google's alleged anti-competitive practices, according to sources at the EC. Sources in the organization revealed that the EC will issue its statement of...
It's likely that the European Commission's evaluation will cause no additional delays; given the historical timeliness of both parties, the best bet is that the DoJ review won't be concluded until after the proposed EC deadline.
EC: Our existing platform directs SMBs and big chains sign up at foursquare.com/businesses. EC: It's pretty evenly split, but a big chunk of it is chains and we count things like all 3,000 radio shacks.
Many agencies, publishers, and advertisers across Europe have been sent documents by the European Commission (EC) recently, requesting detailed information about the online advertising marketplace -- and about search marketing and AdWords in...
On a related note, 1plusV, parent company of ejustice.fr, today in a supplementary complaint to the EC accused Google of blocking its vertical search engines from using AdSense between 2006 and 2010, the AP reported.
The European Commission (EC) wants to know all about it. As part of its antitrust investigation, which is mainly due to complaints by businesses with ties to Microsoft, the EC has sent out a pair of questionnaires to advertisers and vertical search...
The European Commission (EC) investigation will look at allegations of: Has Google abused its dominant position in search in the European Union? That will be the focus of antitrust regulators as they formally investigate complaints of...
According to an EC announcement on Friday, the aim of the project is to digitize and preserve records of Europe's heritage--including books, film fragments, photographs, manuscripts, speeches and music--and make it available online to all European...
Majority of Online Stores Fail Search Engine Test InternetNews.com, Feb.http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/1730881 NOTE: SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING-RELATED ITEMS FROM SEPTEMBER 2004 ONWARD ARE LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF SEARCH...
SuperPages.com's PPC Play InternetNews.com, Feb.http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3308771 This page lists articles from Search Engine Watch and around the web that cover how search engines are targeting local search as a way to gain...
