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The newspapers are providing their data for free to anyone who visits their website, assuming it's not behind a paywall. Google isn't forcing them to do that. I
by imgabe 7y ago
The newspapers are providing their data for free to anyone who visits their website, assuming it's not behind a paywall. Google isn't forcing them to do that. If they want people to have to pay for it, make that a requirement of visiting the site.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoMany do. However, then Google punishes their search rankings for having a paywall. Forcing them to offer their data for free if they want to show up in search.
- CamperBob2 7y agoSo, they should start their own news search engine. Problem solved.
- imgabe 7y agoThen they should not be dependent on search traffic. The fact is, despite some politicians declaring it a fundamental right, the news does not provide enough value to most people for them to pay for it. There is an absolute glut of content out there, way way more than anybody wants or needs. Much of it is less than worthless, it's actually of negative value because it's designed to hijack your attention. Remove the infusion of ad money that is producing this, let it settle to the things that people are actually willing to pay for, and we'll all be better off.
- droithomme 7y agoThe newspapers should pay Google if they want to be listed.
- zajio1am 7y agoAs a search engine user i am glad for that, as websites behind paywall are useless for me. If i pay for a news site, i would go directly to it, and i would not care about hundreds of other paywalled results that i would not pay for.