
Google Q3: Earnings, Revenues Miss, Paid Clicks Up, CPCs Down 2 Pct.
Google announced Q3 2014 earnings this afternoon. The company reported $16.52 billion in “consolidated revenues.” This represented a 20...

Google Express Expands Reach, Undercuts Amazon Pricing
Google Shopping Express is now Google Express. In addition to changing its name, Google announced that it added new cities and new brands...

WSJ: Search Engines Ignoring FTC Rules About Labeling Search Ads
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has implicitly issued a challenge to the FTC. Covering alleged non-compliance with the FTC’s 2013 directive...

German Regulator Orders Google To Make Privacy Changes
In another blow to Google’s privacy policy in Europe, the German data-protection regulator Johannes Caspar is ordering the company to...

Google Contracts Forcing Search, Apps On Android Partners — Report
Twin Design / Shutterstock.com The Information is reporting that it has seen “confidential documents … [that] show Google has been adding...

Dear News Corp & Google: An Open Letter On Their Open Letters To Each Other Over Competition
Last week, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp sent an open letter to the European Union outlining competition concerns it has about Google. This...

Amazon Beats Google, Pays $4.6 Million For .Buy Top-Level Domain
Amazon beat Google in an ICANN auction on Wednesday, and won the rights to operate the .buy top-level domain with a bid of $4,588,888....

Google’s Head Of Ads On Video And YouTube’s Rising Influence, Enhanced Campaigns, CPCs,
This week, AdAge has an interview with the head of Google ads, Sridhar Ramaswamy, that is worth reading in its entirety. It’s the first...

Google Faces Thai Criminal Case For Not Shutting Down Blogger
Google’s founders, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and its entire board have been named as criminal defendants in a case in Thailand. The...

EU Readying New Android Antitrust Complaint Against Google
According to a Reuters article, which is consistent with earlier news reports, European competition authorities are laying the foundation...

Maybe Google Doesn’t Have A Mobile Ads Problem After All
There have been a lot of assumptions that Google’s mobile ad business is cause for concern. After its latest earnings report showed the...

Google Q2: $16B Revenue, CPCs Down, SVP Nikesh Arora Leaving
This afternoon Google announced second quarter consolidated revenues of $15.96 billion. That represented a 22 percent increase vs. last...

Google Tries To Kill Android Class Action Before It Gets Going
picked up the baton, filing a would-be class action in California federal district court. On Friday, Google moved to dismiss the case....

Forecast: In 2015, There Will Be About 4 Android Devices For Every Windows Or Mac/iOS Device In 2015
Android devices already beat Windows, Mac and iOS devices by a wide margin, and a new forecast from Gartner sees that growing even more...

Google Releases First Batch Of “Apps For Android Wear”
Google has announced the first batch of Apps for Android Wear devices. There are 24 in all. They include Google Maps and Hangouts,...

Google Earns Ad Money Off YouTube Videos Hawking Stolen Credit Cards, Says Watchdog Group
The Digital Citizens Alliance, an internet safety coalition, is calling out Google for allowing videos that promote the sale of stolen...

What To Expect This Week At Google I/O
Google I/O. On Wednesday, there will be a two-hour keynote to be delivered or emceed by Android and Chrome SVP Sundar Pichai. We’ll be...

Letter Hints At Many New EU Investigations Against Google
reporting that a letter from European Competition chief Joaquín Almunia seeks to rally support for the existing Google antitrust...

Google’s Android Draws Fresh Antitrust Complaint In Europe
There are also older complaints about Android before the European Commission (EC). According to an article in the Wall Street Journal the...
























