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To get around the linking to news sites problem, couldn't search engines just not provide ANY links to news sites? Who defines what a "news" site is? Is there a
by cronix 8y ago
To get around the linking to news sites problem, couldn't search engines just not provide ANY links to news sites? Who defines what a "news" site is? Is there a strict definition? Anybody with a website? If it's something I have not read or known before, it's "news" to me no matter how old or from where.
- sobani 8y agoThat's what Google did in Germany when a "have a contract with news sites" law went into effect. It didn't take long before Google got free access to all German news sites. Spain learned from this and make a minimum compensation mandatory. Since then Google News hasn't been available in Spain. So now they're making a third attempt to make Google pay for sending business to news site. The result will probably be the same though.