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I truly don't understand publishers their negative attitude towards Google News. Everything combined, Google News is a net positive for publishers. They weren't

I truly don't understand publishers their negative attitude towards Google News. Everything combined, Google News is a net positive for publishers. They weren't as discoverable as they are now and probably see less traffic from any other source. They want to be compensated for being publicly indexed? Google should honestly just remove the complaining publishers from Google News or Google altogether. See how they like that. Let them opt-out if they dislike it that bad. It's like complaining to a phone book it lists phone numbers in an efficient manner.

ganti_r 6y ago
What will publishers do with troves of traffic. If the quality of the same is bad. The discoverablity is subjective. I as user a see the same sites and same topics thanks to "the algorithm". I don't mean to say publishers don't need Google. It is that now (compared to past) Google's position is much stronger and they dictate terms, publishers are screwed either ways, so better put a fight than now down
sumtechguy 6y ago
I think it is the heavy handed 'do it our way our way or we deplatform you' that publishers do not like. They are in a position where they can make or break someone with a couple of lines in a config file. They have also been playing favorites in their other algs. The content publishers know exactly what is up as they have the analytics to see the drop off when someone tweaks their position. Tossing a billion out there sounds like they want to keep some of their favorites going.
- buttersbrian 6y ago
  Anything google did to 'unearth' the underlying articles would probably be viewed this way. Are you arguing that not doing anything "news" specific, whether it be a focused search page or news "app", would be preferred? Can you elaborate on the "playing favorites"?

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I truly don't understand publishers their negative attitude towards Google News. Everything combined, Google News is a net positive for publishers. They weren't

by pearjuice 6y ago

ganti_r 6y ago
What will publishers do with troves of traffic. If the quality of the same is bad. The discoverablity is subjective. I as user a see the same sites and same topics thanks to "the algorithm". I don't mean to say publishers don't need Google. It is that now (compared to past) Google's position is much stronger and they dictate terms, publishers are screwed either ways, so better put a fight than now down
sumtechguy 6y ago
I think it is the heavy handed 'do it our way our way or we deplatform you' that publishers do not like. They are in a position where they can make or break someone with a couple of lines in a config file. They have also been playing favorites in their other algs. The content publishers know exactly what is up as they have the analytics to see the drop off when someone tweaks their position. Tossing a billion out there sounds like they want to keep some of their favorites going.
- buttersbrian 6y ago
  Anything google did to 'unearth' the underlying articles would probably be viewed this way. Are you arguing that not doing anything "news" specific, whether it be a focused search page or news "app", would be preferred? Can you elaborate on the "playing favorites"?