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AnitTrust
Post Trial Google Unleashed - Back to Business as Usual - Stronger than Ever
A federal judge has approved many of the DOJs proposed remedy package, locking in a few of the distribution limits…
Gannett and Publishers Beat Back Google in Fresh Anti-trust Ruling
A federal judge recently ruled in favor of publishers in a key antitrust action against Google LLC. Judge P. Kevin…
The Google Privacy Sandbox is Dead
Google has officially retired most of its Privacy Sandbox technologies, ending its 4yr push to replace third-party cookies. The decision…
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Designate Google as having Strategic Market Status
UK targets Google Search Power Today the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) formally designated Google with Strategic Market Status…
Google Adds Gemini Button To Chrome
Google just rolled Gemini AI into Chrome for US desktop users. This isn’t just another browser update. It’s a shift…
PubMatic Sues Google over Illegal Ad Monopoly
In an action last week, independent ad-tech firm PubMatic filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging Google illegally monopolized parts of the…
Google Removes Ublock Origin Ad Blocker - Again
Googles ongoing war against Ad blockers reached a milestone last week, with Google removing Ublock Origin ad blocker. Ublock Origin…
EU Hits Google with $3.5B Antitrust Fine
The European Commission has fined Google $3.4 billion for abusing its dominance in advertising technology, marking one of the largest…
Chrome Stays. Monopoly Plays Continue. But Peekaboo: Search Data Isn’t So Secret Anymore
So Here we are today. Alright, SEO aficionados, strap in- Google just pulled off the mother of all courtroom dodge…
Chrome Bakes in AI Mode With Shortcut
Just when you thought Google couldn't wedge any more AI into your browser, here comes the latest Canary option: the…
BBC Goes After The Little Guy - Ignores the Google Elephant in Room
The BBC is very upset that an AI startup might be using its content to train a model. So upset,…
Google’s AI ‘Live’ Mode Is Here
Google just rolled out public testing for
Search Live, a feature inside its AI Mode that lets users update and personalize answers in real-time. It surfaces live sports, weather, and stock updates. Android users can trigger it with a swipe gesture from inside Gemini...
Google Pays $500m over 10yrs for Fresh Anti-trust Settlement
...has agreed to invest $500 million over the next decade to overhaul its global compliance systems. This move is part of a proposed settlement in a shareholder-led antitrust lawsuit filed in 2021 by a Michigan pension fund.
US vs Google AntiTrust Trial Closing Arguments Today
The U.S. government's antitrust case against Google is reaching its final phase (Reuters / NPR), and data access is emerging…
Justices Pass on Google Keywords Trademark-Infringement Case
In a very closely watched case involving trademarked keywords in advertising against Google, the supreme court passed on hearing the…
Google Dodges Rumbles First of Two AntiTrust Law Suits
MediaPost reporting that the first of two law suits brought by Rumble has been dismissed on grounds it fell outside…
Fresh Doc Dump: PageRank, Navboost, and RankEmbed: DOJ Papers Outline Google’s Stack
Google’s own court-filed slide deck just spilled more tea on Navboost, and the details punch a few holes in years of SEO guesswork. The newly released trove goes further, mapping more than 100 raw signals into a ranking stew that still leans on old-school PageRank while layering in LLM toys like RankEmbed, re-ranking Twiddlers, and the rumored mysterious quality metric called Q*Star.
Googles 5 Options and How it Decided to Force Websites into AI Usage
Before Google trained on half the web anyway, it floated six opt-out tiers that would have let publishers throttle indexing,…
WSJ Article on Search : Even Big Media Gets A Clue - The Massive Change In Search
There was a search related story on WSJ that had some eyebrow raising quotes in it. The Wall Street Journal…
Y Combinator Files Scathing Amicus Brief
Y Combinator just stepped into the Google antitrust fight - and they're not mincing words. In a newly filed amicus…
Google Ad Network Declared an Illegal Monopoly
A federal judge has ruled that Google illegally used its dominance in online advertising technology to boost profits and suppress…