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Google Ad business faces breakup after being charged with EU antitrust violations

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Following a lengthy investigation, the European Commission suggested that “mandatory divestment” is the only way the search engine can resolve the issue. This could potentially lead to more transparency, greater campaign control for advertisers and increased innovation, which could prompt the creation of new ad tools.

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Google sued by USA Today publisher amid falling ad revenue fears

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The outcome of these cases could force the search engine to implement big changes such as the divestment of its ad business, which could potentially lead to increased transparency, more campaign control for advertisers and better innovation – which could also possibly mean the creation of new ad tools. What’s happening?

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This day in search marketing history: January 13

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Matt Cutts educates Washington, DC about Google. In 2011, Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s search spam team, was in Washington DC, doing an “educational tour” to explain to US Federal Trade Commission members and congressional staffers that Google’s search results didn’t require government regulation. Also on this day.

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This day in search marketing history: January 23

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” Amazon adds customer acquisition metrics for Sponsored Brands campaigns 2019: The “new-to-brand” set of metrics were also available for Amazon sellers’ display and video ad campaigns. Atlanta, Seattle and Boston. Will The European Union Decide IP Addresses Are Personal?

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This day in search marketing history: February 13

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In addition to Hearst and The Washington Post, Google worked with CNN, Meredith, Mashable, Mic, Vox and Condé Nast to develop and roll out AMP Stories. Instead, this mobile-only content was supposed to be unique. Specifically, Google said AMP Story content should be “fulfilling and standalone.”

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Episode 31: Why American Deindustrialization is a Myth

Spiro Technologies

Colin Grabow: The Cato Institute is a libertarian think tank here in Washington. I think, especially as we get into presidential campaign season, we’re going to hear a lot more rhetoric about the need to bring back manufacturing in this country, talk about the lack of factory jobs and so on and so forth. Colin Grabow: Exactly.

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FAQ This! Now That the FCC Voted to Repeal Net Neutrality, What Happens?

Hubspot

Last Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-to-2 to repeal regulations of internet service providers. Take the Washington Post's example of Hulu and Netflix (the latter of which expressly dissented the repeal). Those regulations fell under a general title: net neutrality. How did this happen?