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Isn't this also a method pay-walled sites use to get subscribers? Otherwise, why not just block Google in robots.txt?
by dazc 6y ago
Isn't this also a method pay-walled sites use to get subscribers? Otherwise, why not just block Google in robots.txt?
- onli 6y agoThey still want to be found. They just also want to be paid for the privilege of being listed on a search result page.
- paulie_a 6y agoGoogle should just start putting a huge red box around pay walled articles. It would basically indicate "don't bother with this site"
- filoleg 6y agoAs a user, i would actually love if Google had that feature natively. I assume there is a way to have that functionality already by using some browser extensions. But a native implementation by Google would be a killer feature imo.
- Nasrudith 6y agoImplementing it would essentially require the browser knowing if you have logins/subscriptions. Taken further they could personalize searches to only include paywalled sites if you have a login as opposed to marking them as "don't bother".
- paulie_a 6y agoGoogle would only require 2 things. If a site has a paywallz and if the user whitelisted it. I have black listed most paywall sites manually on my Google feed. So they are obviously capable and already doing the latter. And the blacklisting is easy. A click of the button and it's off my list