International markets made up $3.5 billion, or 52% of Google’s revenue, in the last calendar quarter of 2009. However, their international presence is not without its detractors. According to BusinessWeek.com:
The European Union said it is examining complaints from companies that accuse Google of demoting links to their sites in search results. The same day, a [...]
Google Infuriates Many European Countries
February 28th, 2010Google Execs Facing Jail Time in Italy?
December 20th, 2009The BBC ran a story back in October regarding Google and Italian privacy laws:
[A] video, posted on Google Video in 2006 shortly before the firm acquired YouTube, showed a teenager with Down’s Syndrome being bullied by four students in front of more than a dozen others.
Prosecutors argue that Google did not have adequate content filters [...]
Google Under Investigation in Italy
August 29th, 2009Google tends to be the source of ire for many European countries who feel that the US based company plays favorites on the one hand or doesn’t follow their own rules closely enough on the other. The latest in the long string of ‘Google Hate’ comes from Italy, where the newspapers claim that Italian news [...]