Google News buries news of Google’s FTC investigation

Not surprising,  Google News has buried the well linked FTC investigation into Google. For many long time readers of Yooter,  you’ll know that we have been tracking “awkward” results when there are specific criticism of Google or it’s partners. Google claims that this is just a computer algorithm, and there is no human intervention.    Sure, …

Spain : We messed up

The Spanish Newspapers Publishers’ Association (AEDE) is upset because a law they backed actually passed.     They never expected Google’s response of just leaving the country instead of working with publishers,  Google simply exited the country. Leading to a steep decline in traffic for Spanish based news websites. The media lobbying group was pivotal in getting a…