ALL POSTS TAGGED "Google"

News

/ 557 days ago

FIFA's attempt to muzzle website and Google backfires

A Swiss court has thrown out a lawsuit from FIFA against Google over defamation due to a website appearing in the company's search engine. The governing body of soccer previously sued Google due to actual results. One of the specific search results for FIFA, according to the plaintiff, is for a website that regularly criticizes […]

News

/ 563 days ago

LaLiga President Tebas threatens suit against Google over piracy

LaLiga President Javier Tebas has fought a long battle against piracy, but he is ready to take further action. Over the weekend, Tebas spoke at New Economic Forum about several things plaguing soccer in Spain. While Tebas defended the league against claims of racism, he turned the audience's attention to the issue of piracy. This, […]

News

/ 595 days ago

FIFA sues Google for defamation over reputational damage

FIFA has taken legal action against Google for what the world governing body of soccer claims is defamation. Taking the US company to court in Switzerland, the case stems from specific Google search results, per a report from Swiss broadcaster SRF. FIFA hopes a successful ruling against Google will remove the website in question from […]

UEFA Euro 2024

/ 640 days ago

Google mini Euro 2024 Cup allows fans to get in on action

Even though Euro 2024 is coming to a close, the Google Mini Cup lets fans compete against one another based on who they support. Fans can use their mobile device to play a game that puts them in the shoes of a penalty taker. Fittingly, penalties have been common at the Euros. Both England and […]

Leagues: La Liga

/ 927 days ago

LaLiga wants Google to delete piracy apps on Android phones

LaLiga is taking the battle against piracy to the source and Google. The Spanish top flight recently claimed it wiped a heavy chunk of piracy websites in Spain. Javier Tebas, the league's chief executive, said LaLiga took down 58 apps that led to over 1 million illegal downloads of live games. Tebas said he and […]

News

/ 1074 days ago

Wrexham outshines MLS in US soccer searches

Wrexham is currently one of the biggest talking points in US sport. So much so that the fifth division Welsh soccer team is surpassing MLS in popularity, according to data made available by Google. For 2023 to date in the United States, Wrexham is pulling in relatively more searches in Google than Major League Soccer. […]

World Cup 2022

/ 1232 days ago

Google World Cup minigame is the drug you need

A new Google minigame, nicknamed the Mini Cup by its creators, is taking World Cup fans by surprise. Although simple in nature, the mobile doodle attracts tens of millions of players a day. How can you play? The Mini Cup is only available on mobile devices. By going to Google Chrome or the Google App […]

News

/ 5785 days ago

Google Enhances Search Engine Results For World Cup

Either Google (GOOG) is a very worldly company, they understand marketing or they have a lot of die-hard soccer fans who work within their successful organization. Whatever the case, Google has implemented a couple of interesting features to its search engine results. When you visit Google.com and enter a search for the World Cup, the […]

News

/ 5822 days ago

FoxSoccer.tv Google AdSense Fail

Someone at Fox Soccer Channel needs to learn the time difference between England and the East Coast of the United States. Take a look at the above picture snapped this morning to see how potential new customers FoxSoccer.tv may have missed after they listed the wrong start time for the 8:30am ET game. Ouch. At […]

News

/ 5953 days ago

Are Google Real-Time Results a Boon or Bane for Soccer Fans?

Soccer fans around the world have been trained to proceed with caution when surfing the Internet and recording matches on television for later viewing. The obvious rules apply about avoiding soccer websites, blurring ones vision when accidentally seeing a BottomLine ticker scrolling by, and avoiding contact with Twitter or friends who like to blabber what […]

News

/ 6494 days ago

Google Celebrates Euro 2008 With Homepage Doodle

Google is getting into the mood for today's Euro 2008 final by showing a soccer doodle on its homepages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As of writing, Google Spain's homepage didn't feature the image. German seventeen year old Mai Dao Ngoc drew the winning picture.

News

/ 6549 days ago

Google Adds Premier League Fixtures and Results to Search Engine Results Pages

Google has added a new feature to its search engine that displays upcoming fixtures and recent results for Premier League clubs. All you have to do is type in the name of any of the 20 clubs and the information will be displayed at the top of the screen above the search engine results. For […]