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> Google itself got big by indexing other people's data without compensation Weird framing given how much value was and is still placed on Google driving traff

• joshstrange 2y ago
  Even before the LLM-craze Google was showing their Answers box or whatever it was called at the top of the results that told you the answer (sometimes) so that you didn’t have to visit any website.
  • pbh101 2y ago
    That was significantly after their market dominance was firmly established entirely through sending traffic to external locations.
• mrkeen 2y ago
  For Google's case the order was reversed. Google used to send customers to your site. Now they try to show you the information on their site so that the customer doesn't need to go to your site.
  • sitkack 2y ago
    Unless your site is an SEO cesspool serving THEIR ads, then you do end up there.