MG Marketing » legal issues in search http://mg-mk.com/en Online Marketing Agency Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:53:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Publisher Group Blasts Google Over Forcing GDPR Liability On Small Publishers http://mg-mk.com/en/publisher-group-blasts-google-over-forcing-gdpr-liability-on-small-publishers/ http://mg-mk.com/en/publisher-group-blasts-google-over-forcing-gdpr-liability-on-small-publishers/#comments Tue, 01 May 2018 15:44:10 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/publisher-group-blasts-google-over-forcing-gdpr-liability-on-small-publishers/ Image credit to Shutterstock We discussed a few months ago how Google dumped the GDPR responsibilities on their AdSense publishers and customers, as opposed to taking responsibility themselves for the liability…

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]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/publisher-group-blasts-google-over-forcing-gdpr-liability-on-small-publishers/feed/ 0 Searchmetrics Beats Brightedge In Court Over Patent Dispute http://mg-mk.com/en/searchmetrics-beats-brightedge-in-court-over-patent-dispute/ http://mg-mk.com/en/searchmetrics-beats-brightedge-in-court-over-patent-dispute/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2018 06:10:28 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/searchmetrics-beats-brightedge-in-court-over-patent-dispute/ Back last May, we reported that Searchmetrics US had to flle bankruptcy over receptive lawsuits by Brightedge over patent infringement allegations. It really angered the SEO community at large because Searchmetrics and the CEO…

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Searchmetrics Beats Brightedge In Court Over Patent Dispute

]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/searchmetrics-beats-brightedge-in-court-over-patent-dispute/feed/ 0 Searchmetrics US Files For Bankruptcy After Brightedge Continued Patent Suit http://mg-mk.com/en/searchmetrics-us-files-for-bankruptcy-after-brightedge-continued-patent-suit/ http://mg-mk.com/en/searchmetrics-us-files-for-bankruptcy-after-brightedge-continued-patent-suit/#comments Tue, 09 May 2017 17:34:27 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/searchmetrics-us-files-for-bankruptcy-after-brightedge-continued-patent-suit/ Techcrunch reported that Searchmetric’s US company has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware because of an ongoing patent legal dispute with Brightedge. Let me be clear…

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Searchmetrics US Files For Bankruptcy After Brightedge Continued Patent Suit

]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/searchmetrics-us-files-for-bankruptcy-after-brightedge-continued-patent-suit/feed/ 0 US Court Sides With Google Over Penalizing Web Sites For Spam & Guidelines Violations http://mg-mk.com/en/us-court-sides-with-google-over-penalizing-web-sites-for-spam-guidelines-violations/ http://mg-mk.com/en/us-court-sides-with-google-over-penalizing-web-sites-for-spam-guidelines-violations/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2017 12:42:48 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/us-court-sides-with-google-over-penalizing-web-sites-for-spam-guidelines-violations/ Eric Goldman reports that a United States District Court sided with Google over a lawsuit issued by e-ventures Worldwide…

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US Court Sides With Google Over Penalizing Web Sites For Spam & Guidelines Violations

]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/us-court-sides-with-google-over-penalizing-web-sites-for-spam-guidelines-violations/feed/ 0 Google To Go To Court Over Pure Spam Manual Actions http://mg-mk.com/en/google-to-go-to-court-over-pure-spam-manual-actions/ http://mg-mk.com/en/google-to-go-to-court-over-pure-spam-manual-actions/#comments Sat, 21 May 2016 00:14:15 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/google-to-go-to-court-over-pure-spam-manual-actions/ Google issues a ton of manual actions, in fact, last year they issued ~500 per hour alone. But one publisher based in Florida is suing Google over being delisted over a set of pure spam manual actions..

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Google To Go To Court Over Pure Spam Manual Actions

]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/google-to-go-to-court-over-pure-spam-manual-actions/feed/ 0 TripAdvisor Fined By Italy For Not Stopping Fraud Negative Reviews http://mg-mk.com/en/tripadvisor-fined-by-italy-for-not-stopping-fraud-negative-reviews/ http://mg-mk.com/en/tripadvisor-fined-by-italy-for-not-stopping-fraud-negative-reviews/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2014 03:09:45 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/tripadvisor-fined-by-italy-for-not-stopping-fraud-negative-reviews/ The New York Times reported that TripAdvisor, the large hotel and travel booking reviews site, was fined by the Italian Competition Authority for not preventing fake negative reviews on the site.

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TripAdvisor Fined By Italy For Not Stopping Fraud Negative Reviews

]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/tripadvisor-fined-by-italy-for-not-stopping-fraud-negative-reviews/feed/ 0 FTC Not Doing Enough Around Google’s Deceptive Search Ads Says WSJ http://mg-mk.com/en/ftc-not-doing-enough-around-googles-deceptive-search-ads-says-wsj/ http://mg-mk.com/en/ftc-not-doing-enough-around-googles-deceptive-search-ads-says-wsj/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:35:55 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/ftc-not-doing-enough-around-googles-deceptive-search-ads-says-wsj/ The Wall Street Journal’s piece named Ads Tied to Web Searches Criticized as Deceptive (search for the title in Google and click from there to get the full story for free) shows how the FTC is preventing Google and other search engines from “deceiving” searchers into clicking on their ads…

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]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/ftc-not-doing-enough-around-googles-deceptive-search-ads-says-wsj/feed/ 0 A French Court Fined A Blogger For His Negative Review Ranking Too Well In Google http://mg-mk.com/en/a-french-court-fined-a-blogger-for-his-negative-review-ranking-too-well-in-google/ http://mg-mk.com/en/a-french-court-fined-a-blogger-for-his-negative-review-ranking-too-well-in-google/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 02:57:34 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/a-french-court-fined-a-blogger-for-his-negative-review-ranking-too-well-in-google/ This is news from last week, but it still makes me shiver. Via the BBC French blogger fined over review’s Google search placing…

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]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/a-french-court-fined-a-blogger-for-his-negative-review-ranking-too-well-in-google/feed/ 0 Law Firm Sues Their SEO Company For Using Spammy Tactics http://mg-mk.com/en/law-firm-sues-their-seo-company-for-using-spammy-tactics/ http://mg-mk.com/en/law-firm-sues-their-seo-company-for-using-spammy-tactics/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 14:13:31 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/law-firm-sues-their-seo-company-for-using-spammy-tactics/ Google’s Matt Cutts posted on Twitter a link to Eric Goldman (a guy who knows his legal SEO stuff) story about how a law firm sued their SEO company. Not necessarily for not achieving the rankings they wanted but rather for violating Google’s webmaster guidelines and/or using spammy..

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Law Firm Sues Their SEO Company For Using Spammy Tactics

]]> http://mg-mk.com/en/law-firm-sues-their-seo-company-for-using-spammy-tactics/feed/ 0 European Court Requires Google To Delete Personal Info: Reputation Management Just Got Easier http://mg-mk.com/en/european-court-requires-google-to-delete-personal-info-reputation-management-just-got-easier/ http://mg-mk.com/en/european-court-requires-google-to-delete-personal-info-reputation-management-just-got-easier/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 17:07:37 +0000 admin http://mg-mk.com/en/european-court-requires-google-to-delete-personal-info-reputation-management-just-got-easier/ A major ruling just knocked Google over the head, where Europe’s top court, the The Court of Justice of the European Union…

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European Court Requires Google To Delete Personal Info: Reputation Management Just Got Easier

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