Speaking with a client the other day, and got to thinking about how expectations and financial exposure combine together. The age old dilemma of having to chase a result without putting in the resources required is one that will never cease to raise it’s head when it comes to SEO. But how does this differ from business to business? Read all

In a first time law suit in North America, Google has been accused of and will face an enquiry regarding business practices. Texas regulators have begun an ‘anti-trust’ review of Google’s advertising and search engine business practice. Although there has been previous investigations into the outcome of Google’s numerous acquisitions in recent times, this is the first broad scale investigation into the main activities of the search giant. Read all

A Paris court on Friday ruled that Google violated French copyright law in digitizing books, but it’s unlikely the decision will be the last word on the search engine’s controversial book-scanning project. A judge ordered Google to pay 300,000 euros, or roughly $430,000, in damages to French publisher La Martiniere, which pursued the case on behalf of a group of publishers, The Associated Press reported. In addition, Google was ordered to pay a fine of 10,000 euros, or $14,340, every day, until it removes literary extracts from the publishers’ books from its database. Read all