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I was about to leave a comment about how this isn't really news. It feels like every search market share update for the past few years has been the same - Googl
by jwesley 18y ago
I was about to leave a comment about how this isn't really news. It feels like every search market share update for the past few years has been the same - Google gains, everyone else loses or stands still.
I love Google's search product, but this trend is deeply troubling. Websites live off of search visitors, and you wonder as the Google monopoly grows stronger and they feel the pressure to increase quarterly earnings, how they might try to siphon off even more of the search traffic for their own profit. With no other alternatives, it could mean bad things for the web.
- enomar 18y agoCan you explain what "they might try to siphon off even more of the search traffic for their own profit" means? How does one siphon off search traffic? By building a better product?
- jwesley 18y agoGoogle could siphon off traffic by adding more ads, integrating direct lead generation forms, or funneling visitors toward Google products. For example, take a look at the search results examined in this blog post: http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/google-stops-showing-search-results-for-certain-queries/1947/ http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/google-stops-showing-search-resul...