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> forcing two walled gardens to pay - because they are walled gardens How is Google search a walled garden? You search, see a link to a news story, click on it
by jefftk 6y ago
> forcing two walled gardens to pay - because they are walled gardens
How is Google search a walled garden? You search, see a link to a news story, click on it, leave Google.
(Disclosure: I work at Google, speaking only for myself)
- clouddrover 6y agoBecause you increasingly don't leave Google: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2020/01/09/three-effective-strategies-to-combat-zero-click-searches-on-google/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/202... https://sparktoro.com/blog/less-than-half-of-google-searches-now-result-in-a-click/ https://sparktoro.com/blog/less-than-half-of-google-searches... When users stay on the Google and Facebook platforms then news media companies are for practical purposes forced to have a presence on both, but that also means Google and Facebook will capture most of the advertising revenue and the news media companies producing the actual content will see less. Hence the regulation. Google has already done deals with various news media companies in Australia. Facebook is in the process of doing the same. The Australian government got what they wanted.