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Nadella was asked about this. He basically said that they have a responsibility to drive users to sites with click through or else sites won't have an incentive

Nadella was asked about this. He basically said that they have a responsibility to drive users to sites with click through or else sites won't have an incentive to be crawled. How that pans out in practice remains to be seen.

rchaud 4y ago
> He basically said that they have a responsibility to drive users to sites with click through or else sites won't have an incentive to be crawled. This is partially a BS answer. As long as websites are running Google Ads, they will have an incentive to be crawled. Fewer clicks > no clicks (which is what would happen if the site was set to 'noindex'. Google also pays news publishers to license their content; $1bn alone just for Google News Showcase [0] [0] https://blog.google/supportingnews/#overview https://blog.google/supportingnews/#overview