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I don't understand the issue with this. "Oh no, Google is giving me what I just asked for, what will the people running websites that do this exact thing ever

I don't understand the issue with this. "Oh no, Google is giving me what I just asked for, what will the people running websites that do this exact thing ever do? I really wish I had to click extra times and load other websites to get this info instead of it just being presented to me when I ask."

iamben 9y ago
I suppose it's not really an issue unless Google moves into your market? Then I'd imagine it's a massive issue. If the bulk of your traffic is Google, and they stop showing you for certain queries, it's going to hurt.
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  And a big part of this is: Where did Google get their data in the first place. Celebrity Net Worth has been torched by Google, for example, because Google scrapes their data without permission and offers it up without compensating them in any way. This ends up hurting users, because now the company that's actually getting the data isn't getting compensated, if they go out of business, you get worse data. This is the same problem with blogspam sites getting ranked above the real journalists who uncovered the news. Source: https://theoutline.com/post/1399/how-google-ate-celebritynetworth-com?zd=1&zi=dyskv4zt https://theoutline.com/post/1399/how-google-ate-celebritynet...
Analemma_ 9y ago
It's a big deal if you run "webmarketingschool.com" and make an entire business out of trying to get people from Google to your client's sleazy, useless web pages. For the rest of us, it's great.
- searchmartin 9y ago
  Well, I run that site. It’s non commercial, doesn’t have ads, and my clients are all Fortune 50’s. Do some research before trying to put people down, it’s unbecoming.