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An odd witness for the very true issues people have with Google Search. Google is crediting all websites it uses information from. It might be sad for such a si
by tehabe 6y ago
An odd witness for the very true issues people have with Google Search. Google is crediting all websites it uses information from. It might be sad for such a site but I wonder how the creator thought that this is sustainable. Sites with biographical data for famous people already existed and for them adding net worth information is easy. So if not Google had kill them, they might have being killed by IMDb oder Wikipedia.
- ehnto 6y agoAccording to the document, the net worth was unique researched data that is still yet to be accurately replicated. In other words, the company created the data, they did not simply display it. If they were sunk by IMDb copying their data then the data source goes away too, unless IMDb invests in a research team. What happens when CNW goes offline, how will Google replace the now missing data? Remembering that celebrities constantly change net worth and new ones show up every week, so it's a moving target that someone needs to chase.
- tareqak 6y agoCrediting the source while providing the information has the same benefit for the user accessing that information, but not the same benefit for website presenting that information. The website loses on whatever benefit a visiting user brings in e.g. advertising revenue, lead-in to a subscription / patronage, a plea for a donation etc. I still remain very much against ads, but I have a more sympathetic take to financing journalism as a result of reading this account. Perhaps just having the headline be free, but having the rest be behind a paywall is a better middle ground?