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Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die
- hightrix 2y agoThis site is paywalled. But from the headline, this sure seems like Google using their monopoly to adversely affect consumers and the market as a whole.
- giuliomagnifico 2y agotl;dr > Google uses a separate crawler for some AI products, such as its chatbot Gemini. But its main crawler, the Googlebot, serves both AI Overviews and Google search. A company spokesperson said Googlebot governs AI Overviews because AI and the company’s search engine are deeply entwined. The spokesperson added that its search results page shows information in a variety of formats, including images and graphics. Google also said publishers can block specific pages or parts of pages from appearing in AI Overviews in search results — but that would also likely bar those snippets from appearing across all of Google’s other search features, too, including web link listings. Here should be without the paywall: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/technology/2024/08/15/googles-search-dominance-leaves-sites-little-choice-on-ai-scraping/ https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/technology/2024/08/15/g...
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- CKMo 2y agoI'm pretty sure this gives credence to the monopoly argument