16 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Japanese court orders removal of negative reviews from Google Maps A court in Japan has ordered Google to remove 2 negative reviews that were written on Google Maps about a Japanese medical practice. … Read More
15 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Paid links will be a negative ranking factor for Yandex Yandex is to update its search engine ranking algorithm to make paid links a negative ranking factor. Last year, Yandex announced that paid … Read More
14 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Japanese Twitter streaming app already ahead of US rivals The Japanese live-streaming app Twitcasting has announced that it intends to enter the US market. Twitcasting, which was launched in 2010 and has over … Read More
13 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Will Twitter be bought by Google? Google is rumoured to have expressed an interest in buying the social network Twitter. Neither Twitter nor Google have confirmed the speculation, but it is rumoured that … Read More
10 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Turkish internet users evade ban on Twitter and YouTube Twitter and YouTube were both temporarily banned in Turkey earlier this week, despite a court ruling having said such blanket bans are unconstitutional. Turkish … Read More
9 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Google set to face antitrust charges in Europe After 5 years of antitrust investigations, it appears that the EU is preparing to file charges against Google. The EU has been approaching companies that … Read More
8 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Yahoo Japan enforces “right to be forgotten” removals Yahoo Japan has explained when it will remove certain links from its search results pages in light of increased awareness of the “right to be … Read More
7 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Digital ad spend rockets to new global heights Digital advertising spending is set to exceed a quarter of all advertising spending for the first time ever in 2016, according to research by Carat. … Read More
2 April 2015 – Global Marketing News EU launches investigation into ecommerce sector The EU has announced that it plans to launch a competition investigation into the ecommerce sector in the next few months. The investigation will look at whether … Read More
1 April 2015 – Global Marketing News Congo leads global internet speed increase Research by Akamai has revealed how internet speeds vary across the world. The research shows that average global internet speeds increased by 20% last year, reaching an … Read More
31 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Facial recognition may replace passwords online The Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is developing facial recognition technology that could eventually be used as an alternative to written passwords. The technology, which is currently in … Read More
30 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Facebook investigated for illegally sharing EU citizens’ data The European court has opened a case investigating whether Facebook has been illegally sharing EU citizens’ data with US security authorities on a massive scale. … Read More
27 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Mozilla drops Google for search in Turkey The internet browser Mozilla Firefox has announced that it will now be changing its default browser in Turkey from Google to Yandex. The decision comes just … Read More
26 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Jumia sales up 900% Sales on the ecommerce site Jumia went up by a staggering 900% in Kenya last year. Jumia, which was originally launched in Nigeria and has since spread across several … Read More
25 March 2015 – Global Marketing News Is Google abusing its market dominance? A leaked report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that commissioners had serious concerns over whether Google was abusing its dominance in the search … Read More
