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This is helpful information - the next time I'm working on promoting my website I'll remember that it's entirely optional whether my business thrives or I go de
by munk-a 6y ago
This is helpful information - the next time I'm working on promoting my website I'll remember that it's entirely optional whether my business thrives or I go destitute due to refusing to be indexed by their search index.
Your statement is accurate when a healthy market and competitors exist but you are not free to avoid doing business with Google since they have an insane amount of market control.
- sneak 6y agoYou can run most types of businesses without Google, or even in being in Google's index at all.
- bigbob2 6y agoWhether or not you realize it your vendors probably do business with Google, so that statement isn't really true.
- chii 6y agoall else being equal, your competitor using google's index will have business perform better than yours. Thus, you will be out-competed. The benefits of _not_ using google's index does not make up for it. So unless there some other benefit from doing so, not using google's index merely makes your business less competitive.
- lopmotr 6y agoI face that Google search risk for my business but all businesses have risks. If not from Google, from regulation changes, Covid-19 lockdowns, competitors, disruption of the market like Uber/AirBnB, etc. If you don't want risk, don't be a businessman. Get a normal job like everyone else.