"The remedies Google has offered have not been published in full. The proposals indicates that the company is willing to adjust how the site reputation abuse policy is applied to news domains, and to make the policy's effect on publisher pages more transparent. The Commission has not yet indicated whether the proposals are sufficient to settle the case."
"Our priority is to keep Search results helpful and useful for users and protect them from deceptive practices like 'parasite SEO' spam that undermine the web,"
"We are continuing to engage constructively with the European Commission regarding their inquiry. Our priority is to keep Search results helpful and useful for users and protect them from deceptive practices like 'parasite SEO' spam that undermine the web."
Google proposed changes to European Union requirements to reduce the risk of fines. The proposals involve how the site reputation abuse policy is applied to news domains and how its effects on publisher pages are made more transparent. The remedies offered were not fully published, leaving uncertainty about whether the European Commission will consider them sufficient to settle the case. Google stated its priority is to keep search results helpful and useful for users and to protect them from deceptive practices such as parasite SEO spam that undermines the web. The proposals raise questions about how the policy would differ for EU news publishers compared with other regions.
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