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marylandcrab · 02-01-2014, 01:59 PM

I try to mention this incredible situation to people ,
and all you get is a shrug .
if your not running a site you just don't care.
Its pretty bad when the biggest pushback at the antitrust hearings last year was from chuck grassley of iowa.
I think they had trouble getting witnesses they were scared to testify [although yelp did]
With a 90% search share I think its a little late to do anything to stop them other than a "baby bell" style forced divestiture which isn't likely
Thursday, Jan 30
4:31 PM
Google's paid clicks keep surging; ad prices remain under pressure

Google's (GOOG) paid click growth, boosted by mobile searches and product listing ads (PLAs), continued to accelerate in Q4. Paid clicks rose 31% Y/Y after growing 26% in Q3 and 23% in Q2.
At the same time, mobile continues taking a toll on ad prices: cost per click fell 2% Q/Q and 11% Y/Y after dropping 8% Y/Y in Q3 and 6% in Q2.
Google Sites revenue (67% of revenue exc. Motorola) rose 22% Y/Y, the same as Q3. Ad network revenue (23% of total), pressured lately by policy changes meant to improve the user experience, rose 3% vs. 1% in Q3. Other Google revenue (10% of total - Nexus, search appliances) rose 99% vs. 85%.

Google ended Q4 with $58.7B in cash/investments (much of it offshore), and $5.5B in
debt.

Nothing much is coming from antitrust action except in europe.and its pretty small ball penalties that they probably laugh about in board meeting

Wednesday, Jan 29
10:43 AM
Google reportedly close to settling EU probe
Reuters reports Google (GOOG -0.7%) is close to settling the EU's long-running antitrust probe after delivering "much better" concessions related to the displaying of links to rival services within search results. A senior EU official tells Reuters a decision "is expected in the next few days or in a couple of weeks at the latest."
It was only two weeks ago that EU antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia said he wasn't happy with Google's proposed remedies, which follow allegations from dozens of rivals that the Web giant is favoring its own services within search results, and is making it difficult to export search ad campaign data. Google settled a similar dispute with the FTC a year ago.
Google's latest offer reportedly would reportedly allow rivals' logos and links to appear "in a prominent box," and give content providers control over what material is shown within results.
Separately, the court handling IP owner Vringo's infringement suit against Google has ordered Google to pay a 6.5% royalty rate on 20.9% of its AdWords search ad revenue (amounts to a 1.36% total royalty rate). Google will almost certainly appeal the decision.

02-01-2014, 01:59 PM
marylandcrab Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 26	Train kept A Rolling I try to mention this incredible situation to people , and all you get is a shrug . if your not running a site you just don't care. Its pretty bad when the biggest pushback at the antitrust hearings last year was from chuck grassley of iowa. I think they had trouble getting witnesses they were scared to testify [although yelp did] With a 90% search share I think its a little late to do anything to stop them other than a "baby bell" style forced divestiture which isn't likely Thursday, Jan 30 4:31 PM Google's paid clicks keep surging; ad prices remain under pressure Google's (GOOG) paid click growth, boosted by mobile searches and product listing ads (PLAs), continued to accelerate in Q4. Paid clicks rose 31% Y/Y after growing 26% in Q3 and 23% in Q2. At the same time, mobile continues taking a toll on ad prices: cost per click fell 2% Q/Q and 11% Y/Y after dropping 8% Y/Y in Q3 and 6% in Q2. Google Sites revenue (67% of revenue exc. Motorola) rose 22% Y/Y, the same as Q3. Ad network revenue (23% of total), pressured lately by policy changes meant to improve the user experience, rose 3% vs. 1% in Q3. Other Google revenue (10% of total - Nexus, search appliances) rose 99% vs. 85%. Google ended Q4 with $58.7B in cash/investments (much of it offshore), and $5.5B in debt. Nothing much is coming from antitrust action except in europe.and its pretty small ball penalties that they probably laugh about in board meeting Wednesday, Jan 29 10:43 AM Google reportedly close to settling EU probe Reuters reports Google (GOOG -0.7%) is close to settling the EU's long-running antitrust probe after delivering "much better" concessions related to the displaying of links to rival services within search results. A senior EU official tells Reuters a decision "is expected in the next few days or in a couple of weeks at the latest." It was only two weeks ago that EU antitrust chief Joaquin Almunia said he wasn't happy with Google's proposed remedies, which follow allegations from dozens of rivals that the Web giant is favoring its own services within search results, and is making it difficult to export search ad campaign data. Google settled a similar dispute with the FTC a year ago. Google's latest offer reportedly would reportedly allow rivals' logos and links to appear "in a prominent box," and give content providers control over what material is shown within results. Separately, the court handling IP owner Vringo's infringement suit against Google has ordered Google to pay a 6.5% royalty rate on 20.9% of its AdWords search ad revenue (amounts to a 1.36% total royalty rate). Google will almost certainly appeal the decision.