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Why? Content creators are free to negotiate with google themselves. If they can't come up with a good deal they can use robots.txt to remove their content from
by foobar33333 6y ago
Why? Content creators are free to negotiate with google themselves. If they can't come up with a good deal they can use robots.txt to remove their content from google.
- kuschku 6y agoAs long as Google only used links that was fine, but now with the Knowledge Graph often just quoting all the content of the site directly, and Google showing ads to profit from that, we're seeing a situation where Google profits by scraping content, but the creators never do. None of this would've been an issue 20 years ago when 90% of the web was noncommercial, but now it destroys an entire industry.
- daniellarusso 6y agoParent’s robots.txt solution would work in your scenario, but they would not be listed at all on the results page. If they are never going to get the traffic anyway, why be listed? Interesting.
- daniellarusso 6y agoThat is not the IP extortion model used by YouTube.
- hownottowrite 6y agoIf a better web experience is core to Google’s interests, paying for content should pay off in the long run. That's what they're demanding of content creators anyway, so they should put their money where there mouth is.
- mar13032021 6y agoNegotiate with a company that bans accounts randomly and does not have a helpline? Nah, let government go after them, I bet they will be taking _those_ phone calls.