Right To Be Forgotten: Google Tells Europe It Won’t Scrub Global Index

European privacy regulators continue to push for an extension of The Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) to the entire Google index, globally. However Google for the time being has taken the position that it will not remove RTBF results from Google.com. That was reiterated this week by David Drummond, the…

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SearchCap: Google Penguin Vibrations, Right To Be Forgotten Rules & Santa Tracker

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: Penguin 3.0 Rollout Still Ongoing Google has confirmed with us that the shifts and changes reported throughout the industry on Thanksgiving day were a…

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Facebook & YouTube Are Top Sites With Content Removed From Google Under “Right To Be Forgotten”

Google is now sharing details about Right To Be Forgotten removals in a new section of its pre-existing Google Transparency Report area. The latest numbers show that Facebook, ProfileEngine.com and Google’s own YouTube are the top three sites to have content taken down through the new…

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SearchCap: Google Reports “Right To Be Forgotten” Totals, Should You Copy SEO Tactics? & More

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Nixed 4,143 Links To YouTube, Groups Under “RTBF” On the heels of our earlier discussion of search-index removal requests under the…

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Study: 60 Percent of “Right To Be Forgotten” Requests Denied

Reputation VIP operates the Forget.me website intended to handle Google and Bing “Right to Be Forgotten” (RTBF) requests. Using three months of data, the company has released a study on RTBF’s impact in France, the UK and Germany. There was a smaller, separate study on Spain. It…

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SearchCap: Google Panda Losers, Right To Be Forgotten & Google’s 16th Birthday

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: An AdWords Script To Make Exact Match, Well…Exact Many of you will have heard about Google’s decision to terminate exact match (at the same time as telling…

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World War II, Communisim Subtext In Right To Be Forgotten

From an American legal perspective the recently established European Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) is a disaster. It’s a confusing, vague, impractical and possibly even dangerous decision. But from a European historical perspective it makes considerable sense. The different histories of the US…

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SearchCap: Strange “Right To Be Forgotten” Requests, Ask.com CEO Refutes Arbitrage Accusation & More

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: In The EU, Lots Of People Are Asking Google To Forget Content That They Authored Here’s one from the “shaking my head” department: If you…

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SearchCap: Expedia A Google Hotel, Google Penguin Is Punitive & Right To Be Forgotten Condemed

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: UK House Of Lords Condemns Right To Be Forgotten The House of Lords in the UK has little power in government or policy making except at the margins. Similarly,…

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UK House Of Lords Condemns Right To Be Forgotten

The House of Lords in the UK has little power in government or policy making except at the margins. Similarly, the British upper house’s recent condemnation of the European Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) will have little practical impact in the UK or across Europe. Still it’s a dissenting…

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