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Be careful what you wish for. I think the old media is super-happy with their new-found resources but they are missing the forest from the trees. Google might h

by csomar 6y ago

Be careful what you wish for. I think the old media is super-happy with their new-found resources but they are missing the forest from the trees. Google might have been forced to do this, but I think there will be some surprising unforeseen consequences. Not only your traffic is now tied to Google, but also your revenue. You are double screwed as a single organization. As soon as many organizations are in, it'd be hard for them to speak about any Google practices (guess where the money comes from). Then, it's only downhill from there. Old media had a last chance to re-invent their business model. Now they are officially dead.

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LegitShady 6y ago
>Not only your traffic is now tied to Google, but also your revenue. You are double screwed as a single organization. As soon as many organizations are in, it'd be hard for them to speak about any Google practices (guess where the money comes from). Then, it's only downhill from there. we're already here. Google ranking/deranking makes or breaks your business. That's already reality especially for these news sites who live and die off of clicks for today's news. In this case at least it requires google to pay them something.
- judge2020 6y ago
  Except Google doesn't downrank content critical of Google or Alphabet. I even got notification-based news, via the Google app, about the Google union and this one article about Waymo's mistakes[0]. Google downranking critical content would get them regulated in so many countries if there was ample proof of it happening. With this new agreement, actually bad-mouthing Google will put pressure on the employees and execs handing the Australia deal and adds the element of human emotion which was previously absent. 0: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/02/googles-waymo-risks-repeating-silicon-valleys-most-famous-blunder/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/02/googles-waymo-risks-rep...

by csomar 6y ago

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LegitShady 6y ago

>Not only your traffic is now tied to Google, but also your revenue. You are double screwed as a single organization. As soon as many organizations are in, it'd be hard for them to speak about any Google practices (guess where the money comes from). Then, it's only downhill from there. we're already here. Google ranking/deranking makes or breaks your business. That's already reality especially for these news sites who live and die off of clicks for today's news. In this case at least it requires google to pay them something.

judge2020 6y ago
Except Google doesn't downrank content critical of Google or Alphabet. I even got notification-based news, via the Google app, about the Google union and this one article about Waymo's mistakes[0]. Google downranking critical content would get them regulated in so many countries if there was ample proof of it happening. With this new agreement, actually bad-mouthing Google will put pressure on the employees and execs handing the Australia deal and adds the element of human emotion which was previously absent. 0: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/02/googles-waymo-risks-repeating-silicon-valleys-most-famous-blunder/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/02/googles-waymo-risks-rep...