In Search Month European Edition we bring you a monthly update of European search news, with related links to full coverage. Here’s what happened in February.
Googlers convicted in Italy. The biggest news in Europe in February without a doubt was the conviction of three Googlers in Italy. They were convicted to a suspended sentence after the company had allegedly failed to respond quickly to an uploaded YouTube video over a year ago which showed Italian youngsters harassing a young boy with Downs Syndrome.
Yandex sees income growth. Russian search giant Yandex reported that 2009 was a good year, with earnings up 14% on total revenue of 8.7 billion rubles (about 205 million euros). The number of advertisers grew 55%.
Bing reduces search data storage in Europe. Microsoft agreed to cooperate with the European Commission by reducing the amount time it retains Bing search data to six months. The European Commission had put a lot of pressure on the software giant to adjust the privacy policy to comply with EU regulations. Up to now Microsoft had been holding data for 18 months.
EU approves Microsoft/Yahoo search alliance. The EU, as well as the US, has given clearance to Microsoft and Yahoo to go on with their search alliance. The EU sees no restrictions, which means they can go ahead and implement the partnership immediately.
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