Economists are interested in how the design of ad auctions affects search engine revenues, and how access to the Internet – and thus to search engines – affects retail prices and possibly leads to higher prices for certain consumers.
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This paper examines the effects of trademark use in advertisements by third-party resellers.
November 1, 2012
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Search engines – such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, and a variety of other smaller search engines – help users find what they are looking for online by finding web pages that match user-entered keywords. Search engines are free to users, but typically earn revenue through paid advertising.
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Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard University, shares his thoughts on the issues search engines face implementing the European Court’s “right to be forgotten.”
July 16, 2014
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"How an individual’s reputation is protected online is too important and subtle a policy matter to be legislated by a high court, which is institutionally mismatched to the evolving intricacies of the online world." — Jonathan Zittrain, Professor, Harvard University
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