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But what would happen if Google just removed them all from the indexes for a month or so. I for one would be giggling hysterically for quite a while :) Then th
by peterhi 18y ago
But what would happen if Google just removed them all from the indexes for a month or so. I for one would be giggling hysterically for quite a while :)
Then the papers (or what is left of them) will be demanding that Google index them as an issue of national importance. 'Do no evil' does not preclude showing them who's boss does it? Tough love and all that.
- Xichekolas 18y ago> But what would happen if Google just removed them all from the indexes for a month or so. I for one would be giggling hysterically for quite a while :) I, for one, would be taken aback if Google started actively playing King-maker. It's sad enough that one company has the ability to do what you say, but to actively flaunt that ability would cause me to search for another search engine of choice, and hopefully I'm not alone. Besides, playing games with index-censoring would open up space for competitors (competing on the basis of not censoring, while hopefully having comparable result quality), which is not exactly in Google's best interest.
- ja2ke 18y agoIt's effectively what the AP is asking though, or at least what they're insinuating that they're asking. Either to de-list, or to have Google list and index based on their stated (or paid, or bought) priorities. I wouldn't ever expect/want Google to actually just go for it, but if they did just flip the switch on the first bit, the results would be fairly amazing for that month. Google News would become even shittier than it is for that month, too.
- pclark 18y agoyou can block Google via robots.txt though?
- Tiktaalik 18y agoWell what would happen to all the aggregators during this month if they had no one to link to? Would they have to buy newspapers and hand type their entries to get their content?