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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google’s advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world’s largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros ($10 billion) in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising. It now faces two European Union investigations… Source link

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google’s advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world’s largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros ($10 billion) in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising. It now faces two European Union investigations into its… Source link

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Jan 20 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google’s advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows. Alphabet-owned Google, the world’s largest online search engine, has been hit with fines totalling 8.25 billion euros ($10 billion) in the last three years for blocking rivals in online shopping, Android smartphones and online advertising. It now faces two European Union… Source link

The EU has started asking rivals about Google’s advertising practices, just two years after closing a decade of investigations into the company’s shopping, advertising and Android businesses that led to €8.2bn of fines. Regulators in Brussels have sent questionnaires to publishers and advertising companies asking them about Google’s position in the online advertising market, where it acts as the dominant middleman between publishers and advertisers. The questions… Source link

It is no secret that Google has secured a near monopoly in the search and local advertising world. However, the impact on newspapers hasn’t been quite as obvious. A number of lawsuits have recently been brought that call Google to task for its practices. These lawsuits signal the government’s acknowledgement of Google’s unfair practices and initiate steps… Source link

Google’s John Mueller addresses a few technical aspects of mobile-first indexing that continue to confuse site owners. Mueller says he occasionally gets questions about how to use rel-alternate and rel-canonical links on sites with separate mobile URLs. This information may be known to you, but Mueller felt it’s important enough to create a whole Twitter thread about, so I will go over what he said in case it’s useful to you. Mobile-First Indexing and Canonical URLs Mueller explains… Source link

It is no secret that Google has secured a near monopoly in the search and local advertising world. However, the impact on newspapers hasn’t been quite as obvious. A number of lawsuits have recently been brought that call Google to task for its practices. These lawsuits signal the government’s acknowledgement of Google’s unfair practices and initiate steps… Source link

Google’s newly finalized purchase of Fitbit is poised to provide the tech giant with a potentially lucrative toehold into two competitive markets: clinical trials and employer benefits. The $2.1 billion buyout could give Google an edge in the race to court employers and health plans as companies seek to boost staff benefits amid the pandemic, industry observers told STAT. The acquisition also sets Google up to more closely compete with Apple in the clinical trial space using Fitbit’s… Source link

Dive Brief: The Des Moines City Council on Monday approved a resolution outlining a series of carbon emission goals, including a 24/7 clean energy by 2035 pledge modeled after Google’s round-the-clock energy plan. Des Moines is already well on its way to 100% clean energy, according to the council resolution; 83% of the city’s energy came from clean sources in 2020. While Des Moines may benefit from factors that enable it to pursue ambitious energy targets,… Source link

Google on Thursday closed its acquisition of wearables company Fitbit, despite an ongoing investigation by the Justice Department. Here are five things to know about the $2.1 billion deal: 1. Google, which posted $46 billion in revenue for 2020’s third quarter, in November 2019 announced plans to acquire Fitbit for $7.35 per share in cash, paying an estimated $2.1 billion in total to stockholders. The deal could hint at Google’s larger ambitions in healthcare, as the company has been building… Source link