If the CJEU decides that German law is not compatible with E.U.law, the Germans will have to change their law to be in compliance with European rules, Van der Jeught said. Webmasters will need to be much more careful about quoting content from...
There is then a request that Germans put in their contact information so that Google can keep them up to date with information about the proposals. The website is called "Verteidige dein netz" or Defend your network, and Google has launched it to...
In Europe, Germany has slowly been taking the lead alongside the UK in adopting the Internet as a marketing and sales medium, but Germans are very careful when it comes to building business relationships online.
For example, the Germans have a history when it comes to privacy matters. Germany, for example, is talking about making Google Analytics illegal. You have to be a lot more careful with what you do in Germany than in the U.K.or the Netherlands.
Google has clashed in recent months with Germany over Street View imagery, with 244,000 Germans opting out before it launched . Some in Germany, which has extremely strict privacy laws, believe the practice illegal because it violates an individual...
About 3 percent of Germans have opted out of Google's Street View imagery so far. Street View images of Germany's 20 largest cities, including Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, are live in Google Maps, Google announced yesterday.
In total so far, more than 244,000 Germans have demanded images of their homes to be blurred. Google Street View has debuted in Oberstaufen, Germany -- blurs and all. Taking a quick virtual tour of the city reveals only a few blurred out buildings...
Germans Demand Removal of Google Street View Imagery By Danny Goodwin Google announced that 244,237 out of 8,458,084 households (2.89 percent) want images of their homes to be blurred when Street View map imagery launches in Germany's 20 biggest...
Google yesterday announced that 244,237 out of 8,458,084 households (2.89 percent) want images of their homes to be blurred when Street View map imagery launches in Germany's 20 biggest cities in a few weeks.
For instance, website editors in the U.K.and U.S.tend to respond to a slightly more informal style of communication, while most Germans won't respond to anything less than absolute formality. Top Tips for Search Engine Marketing in Germany, Part 2
Another interesting statistic is what Germans typically look for online. Only 5.4 percent (up from 3.4 percent in 2008) of Germans use mobile Internet and search daily, generating a measly 60 million searches yearly.
Above all, Germans will seek out quality over price. However, the opposite is true in Germany. Much like in the difficult market of Japan, you're going to need a lot of patience to get Germany to really work.
While 83 percent of Germans shop online and spend an average of €520 every six months, they don't use search engines to buy airline tickets as much as those in other European countries. In Germany, privacy policies and local payment options need to...
The Google Book deal, made in the U.S.got more European countries on the barricades, but the Germans seemed most active in the battle against Google digitizing their books. The Germans are afraid that, based on the analytics data, Google will...
You may discover that with your site, the Germans shop differently then Americans, the French have the biggest bounce rate, and the Japanese somewhat found it hard to follow through on a purchase. For example, http://de.example.com instead of http...
Dubbed the "Rabbit Ripper" in the English tabloids ("Serienmörder von Kaninchen"), the Germans have created a five-man special task force to find the unsub. A sadistic serial killer has set his sights on rabbits in Germany.
Seems the Germans can't get along with the French - what a surprise. No one is openly stating what has happened but the Germans have been working on another search project - Theseus - the king in Greek mythology who found his way through the...
For example, a site targeted at Germans would use German right on the home page. For instance, let's say car manufacturer Ford has all of these domains: ford.com (US) ford.fr (France) ford.de (Germany) ford.co.uk (UK)
