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The snippets aren't in the spirit of the web. The take traffic away from independent sites.
by ape4 10y ago
The snippets aren't in the spirit of the web. The take traffic away from independent sites.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoIt keeps you in the Google silo, so it's in the spirit of Google.
- marcosdumay 10y agoIf Google starts believing their goal is to keep people on their site, they'll have a nasty surprise when people don't want to live it by clicking on ads.
- bhartzer 10y agoYes, they may not be in the spirit of the web. But if you have ever had a featured snippet (or earned one), you'll know that they actually bring a lot more traffic to your site. They hardly take away traffic from sites, as people are saying. That's just flat-out wrong.
- sushisource 10y agoExcept for the subject of the article who lost 65% of his traffic...