Topic: publisher control
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Cloudflare Lets Sites Block Google AI Overviews
Cloudflare's new Content Signals Policy allows website owners to specify preferences for how AI systems use their content, going beyond traditional robots.txt permissions. The policy introduces three directives (`search`, `ai-input`, `ai-train`) to control content use for search indexing, AI-gene...
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Google Drops Ad Manager Pricing Rules Amid Antitrust Pressure
Google has reversed a 2019 policy, allowing publishers to set different minimum bid prices for Google's own ad demand versus other buyers, restoring a key pricing control. This change, driven by antitrust rulings in the U.S. and EU, alters auction dynamics and may affect advertiser costs and win ...
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Google Tests AI Opt-Outs, Gemini 3 Boosts AI Search
Google is exploring a policy shift to allow website owners to opt out of AI-powered search features, responding to publisher and regulatory pressure, though the practical implications and potential visibility costs remain unclear. Google has upgraded its AI Overviews globally with the Gemini 3 mo...
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Google Proposes "Less Disruptive" EU Ad-Tech Solution
Google has proposed a new compliance strategy to the EU, focusing on product-level changes and improved interoperability to address competition concerns without breaking up its ad-tech business. The plan includes allowing publishers to set different minimum prices for bidders and enhancing compat...
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UK regulator challenges Google's search dominance
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has designated Google as having "strategic market status," recognizing its substantial market power in general search and search advertising, which subjects it to increased regulatory oversight. This designation results from the UK's new digital competit...
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Sony DMCA Takedowns Target Concord Gameplay Videos
Sony has issued DMCA takedowns against YouTube videos showing Concord gameplay on custom servers, reinforcing its opposition to community revivals of the discontinued game. A dedicated group of programmers successfully revived Concord using custom servers, restoring full gameplay features, but So...
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