We now know how some publishers are reacting to Google closing Google News in response to the upcoming “Google Tax” law in Spain… they are attempting to get the traffic back from Google by running Google AdWords on the keyword “news.” El Mundo and ElEconomista are both currently advertising for “noticias”, which means “news”. Juan […]
Google Confirms Spanish Publishers Removed from Google News & Google News in Spain Closed
Google has confirmed that they did in fact close Google News in Spain and removed all Spanish publishers from Google News worldwide. Google made the closure announcement earlier this week, citing the so-called “Google Tax” that the government in Spain implemented that would require services such as Google News to pay publishers to include their […]
Spain Latest Country to Demand Payment from Google for News Listings
Spain has passed a new law that would allow news publishers to charge search engines and other aggregators every time a search result appears that includes their news content. The law, which is somewhat similar to the German law from earlier this year, which saw Google remove snippets and thumbnails from German news publishers. However, […]