Google’s spam policy hit by EU antitrust complaint from German media company

Google’s policy ‘gags’ news outlets, says European press group

European press publishers have accused Google of systematically reducing traffic to media websites and called on the European Commission to take urgent action.

ActMeraki Files Antitrust Complaint Against Google’s New policy

In early 2024, Google began actively enforcing what it calls its “site reputation abuse policy,” targeting outside content published on high-ranking websites primarily to leverage their search authority. But this crackdown hasn’t landed quietly. ActMeraki, a Germany-based media company, filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, according to a report by Reuters. The complaint alleges that the new policy is severely impacting legi…

Google hit with DMA complaint seeking “urgent” interim measures over spam policy 

Google’s crackdown against search engine optimisation practices that it labels as spam is harming the media publishing industry by artificially gutting traffic from Search results, a German media company has alleged in a formal complaint to the European Commission.

Google’s spam policy hit by EU antitrust complaint from German media company

BRUSSELS (Reuters): A German media company has complained to EU antitrust regulators following Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google’s crackdown against companies gaming its search algorithm to push up rankings for other sites. In its complaint to the European Commission, Hamburg-based ActMeraki, until recently called Meraki Group GmbH, urged immediate action against the policy, saying it penalises websites. Launched in March last year, Google’s site r…