The report judged firms based on a number of practices, including publishing regular transparency reports, notifying users of government data requests and lobbying lawmakers for improved user privacy protections.
Lobbying PR firms across the globe are starting to offer elaborate services in corporation with SEO firms. A professional approach doesn't just consist of cleansing the search results once a reputation is already in trouble.
This organization claims to be based on two principles of transparency and innovation, while lobbying policymakers to act now in protecting these principles from the "growing evidence that Google is abusing its search monopoly to thwart competition.
Google spent more on U.S.lobbying efforts than any other technology firm in America, according to statistics from the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP). The search giant spent its funds lobbying the U.S.government on patent, antitrust, and...
German publishers have been lobbying government for at least a few years to bring into law a licensing system for search engines that link to news content. It’s a proposed piece of legislation that seems absurd on its face and only becomes more...
Technology giants – and often competitors – Google, Facebook, Amazon, and eBay are expected to join forces to form a lobbying group known as the Internet Association (IA), Reuters reported. The group will be the first lobbying association to...
The company has hired former New York congresswoman and veteran lobbyist Susan Molinari, who will fill the role vacated by Alan Davidson when he left Google’s Washington lobbying and policy office.via Politico)
Dodd’s statement on accepting his new position as head of the movie industry’s influential lobbying arm last March makes clear just why the MPAA headhunted a Washington power player and what his marching orders were from the beginning:
Google is spending more money on lobbying than ever before, as legal woes continue to plague the search giant. By September 30, Google had already spent $5.9 million on lobbying. For all of 2010, Google spent $5.6 million on lobbying.
Google's 1Q Lobbying Bill Hits New High of $1.48M - Associated Press Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category. Search Industry News Google Sued Over Daily Deal Business Venture - Gametime IP
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Perhaps rather than spending millions lobbying Congress and fighting a few websites or forcing search engines to censor search results, Hollywood could figure out a new, more affordable and smarter global delivery model that would render piracy...
This feels like a line of inquiry a competing ad platform would push hardest -- we all know there's been lobbying. Many agencies, publishers, and advertisers across Europe have been sent documents by the European Commission (EC) recently...
With a greater number of Republicans on Capitol Hill, Google is looking to add GOP members to its lobbying ranks. Google spent $1.24 million on lobbying in the fourth quarter, and $5.6 million overall in 2010 -- a 28 percent increase over 2009...
Government officials lobbying for U.S.corporations The global impact of the leaking of 250.000 US government cables (communications between US officials) has been the topic of conversation all over the world for more than a week.
Google Spent $1.2M On Lobbying In Q3, Up 11 Percent From Last Year - TechCrunch Search Engine Optimization Website Changes That Will Hurt Your SEO By Eric Enge Significant modifications to your website can impact your short-term SEO efforts.
It spent $4.03 million on lobbying in 2009, according to disclosure forms filed with the Senate Office of Public Affairs," the public interest group said. As Consumer Watchdog points out, Google's lobbying spending rose 57% to $1.3 million in the...
Move is in line with lobbying for National Broadband Plan. Google has announced plans to build high-speed broadband networks in small trial areas across the U.S. The goal is to spur the development of higher-speed networks in the U.S.
AT&T also threw a jab, saying for as much as Google is lobbying for net neutrality, forcing carriers to provide access to the entire internet, they sure aren't practicing that same philosophy when it comes to Google Voice.
But the very fact that the BBC The New York Times and mainstream publishers are lobbying Google suggests that their problem lies in their own business model. AdAge has a story about how some mainstream publishers want Google to favor them in their...
