The German Federal Court of Justice ruled that embedded videos don't infringe copyright under German laws, however, it could still violate European laws. If the CJEU decides that German law is not compatible with E.U.law, the Germans will have to...
Google Sued Over Searches as European Probes Advance – BloombergUK company's lawsuit accuses Google of "cynical manipulation of search results. Introducing "x-default hreflang" for international landing pages – Google Webmaster Central BlogSays...
A 2007 US Census Bureau report put the number of Americans speaking Spanish “very well” in their homes at more than 18 million people with an additional 6 million or so speaking it “well,” while nearly 7 million Americans spoke an Indo-European...
Tampa-based BlueGlass has strengthened its European presence with the acquisition of Swiss digital marketing agency Idealizer. Founded in 2007, Idealizer specializes in search and content marketing, According to Zwicky, the Swiss team’s offerings...
Elsewhere, Russia is dominated by Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki, sites that are also quickly expanding into other Eastern European countries. At the same time, localized language settings and content allow the site to be seen as a number of...
One of the largest European retailers with 171 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland with an additional 69 international franchise stores across 26 countries, Debenhams expanded its global presence by launching an online store in Germany.
The update adds Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, European Portuguese, Finnish, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, and Swedish to the Google roster, bringing its supported languages up to more than 40.
A recent study conducted across the European Union found that only 18 percent of users said they would make online purchases from a site that was not in their own native language. Additionally, many users speak English as a second language.
A recent study conducted across the European Union found that more than half of Internet users visited foreign language (usually meaning English) websites. English remains the single most widely used language online.
User behavior in Russia, for example, is so different than what American and European companies are used to,” said Reich. A company’s ability to adapt to culture, language, geography, and consumer behavior all influence whether their foray into a...
The CIVETS countries currently have 176 million Internet users – more than any European country on its own – and that number is set to rise. You might think that all your communication and online marketing can be done in English, since English is...
Social network giant Facebook is facing more legal action from the European Commission for "eavesdropping" on its users to gather information about their political opinions, sexuality, religious beliefs, and where they are in the world.
This online florist discovered that searches for ‘thank-you flowers’ were three times higher in European markets like Germany than in the UK using Google’s Global Market Finder, and so launched websites for the Netherlands, Germany, France, and...
Facebook under European privacy law. Based on the language in the patent, I’ll make a few educated guesses: According to Nic Cubrilovic, it was active on every third-party site he tested. Contrary to their position that they only track user data to...
I've lost track of the number of European payment systems that won't handle U.S.dollars, or vice-versa, and the plethora of cards (or card alternatives) worldwide is a major challenge. If we've got best practice eCommerce URLs in place already...
According to a recent Eurobarometer survey, 9 out of 10 European internet users prefer browsing in their own language, adding extra weight to the argument that if you want to engage readers in non-English speaking countries, then you need to speak...
Kristjan Mar Hauksson will speak during the Marketing to the European Union session on Day 2 of SES London. When Google entered it was said it would never understand or be able to deal with the Icelandic language, as it was too complex.
Many businesses looking to enter the European market believe that it can be treated as one audience, with one website that targets all residents. Europe has the European Union. They are trying to regulate the use of cookies within the European Union.
There is a lot of money being spent by European governments investigating Google right now. Italy has just closed their investigation but the European Union is doing a wide spread inquiry with a 120 question survey out to various industries and...
There are 27 countries in the European Union alone and some of the other countries will have less competition. Professionally obtained and in-language keyword research is so easy and inexpensive to obtain -- and you can learn so much.
