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The core issue with Google today is that they've backed away from their mission of "organizing the world's information". They killed Google books, Google schola
by speedplane 9y ago
The core issue with Google today is that they've backed away from their mission of "organizing the world's information". They killed Google books, Google scholar is an afterthought, and most results either point to wikipedia or spam. They are definitely falling behind.
- icebraining 9y agoThey killed Google books What does this mean?
- speedplane 9y agoGoogle books is done. Yes, the website is up, but they aren't scanning new books and gave up on the backlog. Try it yourself, go look for any book published since 2016.
- Klathmon 9y agoWasn't there a large lawsuit that stopped that one?
- speedplane 9y agoNope, Google won.
- marcosdumay 9y agoThat's the most unsettling part. They got a monopoly on online book previews, and abandoned it.
- icebraining 9y agohttps://books.google.pt/books?id=Dg1sCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=When+Breath+Becomes+Air&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxisS8967XAhUIxoMKHWaQBWcQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=When%20Breath%20Becomes%20Air&f=false https://books.google.pt/books?id=Dg1sCQAAQBAJ&printsec=front... https://books.google.pt/books?id=iVQyCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Woman+in+Cabin+10&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5zKXK967XAhUEmBoKHRHOBroQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Woman%20in%20Cabin%2010&f=false https://books.google.pt/books?id=iVQyCwAAQBAJ&printsec=front... https://books.google.pt/books?id=HHfEDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Into+the+Water&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp5orl967XAhXCfRoKHYquAmcQ6AEIQjAF#v=onepage&q=Into%20the%20Water&f=false https://books.google.pt/books?id=HHfEDAAAQBAJ&printsec=front...