Google in Switzerland: Another One Bites the Dust
May 15, 2011
What’s this got to do with search? If it isn’t in the index, “it” is tough to find. What’s the “it”? Images of Switzerland. Navigate to “Google Threatens To Shut Down Street View In Switzerland.” Why? Here’s the key passage:
Google is getting fed up with Europe’s strict privacy measures. Germany already regulated Google Street View into oblivion. After a series of restrictions the Germans placed on Street View — including giving people the right to have their houses blacked out on Google maps — Google decided to stop driving its Street View cars around Deutschland. Google says it’s facing the same dilemma in Switzerland now.
Countries are tough to push around. When will those outfits learn the Google way, which seems to be the Google way or the highway? Tough to pump up revenues in countries where Google is not. Interesting.
Stephen E Arnold, May 15, 2011
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