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> If you lose revenue because google shows a few sentences of the introduction your content is not worth it to readers Arguably the very fact that Google finds
by hrktb 7y ago
> If you lose revenue because google shows a few sentences of the introduction your content is not worth it to readers
Arguably the very fact that Google finds it worth to display content on the search result proves the contents value. Why show it if it’s worthless ?
I agree on the pricing of subscription, but it doesn’t justify Google acting as a middleman.
- theamk 7y agoIt doesn’t have to, any website can opt out - but they don’t. And when they made it opt-in in Germany, the same publishers who pushed for the law, opted in anyway. Why do you think it is?
- shkkmo 7y agoGoogle uses snippets because they lead to more click throughs and more total page views. There are no ads on Google News so Google ONLY makes money when users click through to the publishers' page and are shown ads because, Google's monopoly on adversiting means that most on page ads involve paying Google)