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Not wanting to defend the likes of Google, but search engines link the original source (in contrast to LLMs). Their basic idea is to direct people to your conte
by panzi 3y ago
Not wanting to defend the likes of Google, but search engines link the original source (in contrast to LLMs). Their basic idea is to direct people to your content. There are countries where content companies didn't like what Google does: Google took them out of the index -> suddenly they where ok with it again so that Google put them in again. (extremely simplified story)
- pyrale 3y ago> Their basic idea is to direct people to your content. This is less and less true, as evidenced by the progression of 0-click searchs. > There are countries where content companies didn't like what Google does: Google took them out of the index -> suddenly they where ok with it again so that Google put them in again. This story screams antitrust.
- account42 3y ago> This story screams antitrust. You're right, the number of news publishers that share a common owner is something that should be of concern to antitrust enforcers.
- mschuster91 3y ago> This story screams antitrust. It does but the complainers are usually tabloid crap pushers whom no one in power really supports.
- panzi 3y agoI over-simplified. It's about Google News. The news paper companies managed to lobby for a law that requires search providers to pay money to the news papers they link to (or for the tiny excerpt they show in the search results). So Google said they will discontinue Google News in those countries. Suddenly the news papers gave Google a free license to link to them. (still simplified story)