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The Google Knowledge graph is stealing content from search results. I'm not sure if it's legal or at least ethical. For example: https://www.google.com/search

by msoad 12y ago

The Google Knowledge graph is stealing content from search results. I'm not sure if it's legal or at least ethical. For example: https://www.google.com/search?q=who%20is%20the%20king%20of%20the%20world#q=how+to+get+rid+of+mortgage+insurance https://www.google.com/search?q=who%20is%20the%20king%20of%2... https://www.google.com/search?q=who%20is%20the%20king%20of%20the%20world#q=how+to+jump+a+car https://www.google.com/search?q=who%20is%20the%20king%20of%2... https://www.google.com/search?q=who%20is%20the%20king%20of%20the%20world#q=size+of+basketball https://www.google.com/search?q=who%20is%20the%20king%20of%2...

temuze 12y ago
Is using the <title> of the page in the result stealing? What about making a summary of the page when there's no <meta name="description"> tag? Gray area I guess. Instant answers definitely reduce clicks.
- msoad 12y ago
  That's what I'm saying. When you ask "How tall is Kobe?" there is a very small chance that you will click on Wikipedia page.
teraflop 12y ago
Maybe I'm not seeing what you're seeing, but how is this any different from the snippets that have always shown? It's in a box and it has richer formatting, but I don't see how that makes it unethical.
- msoad 12y ago
  It's trying to avoid user from going to the website it's finding results from.
nl 12y ago
Google has to walk an extremely fine line here. Note that in the first case (a .gov site) and the third case (Wikipedia) the service at the end is motivated by making sure the end user has correct information, not by page views. Google does a good job in exposing their information better. The second case is a commercial site that is probably at least partially motivated by page views. Google doesn't expose all their information in this case, and instead provides a "see more" link to their website. I'd imagine this is actually quite effective at driving traffic to their site.

by msoad 12y ago

temuze 12y ago

Is using the <title> of the page in the result stealing? What about making a summary of the page when there's no <meta name="description"> tag? Gray area I guess. Instant answers definitely reduce clicks.

msoad 12y ago
That's what I'm saying. When you ask "How tall is Kobe?" there is a very small chance that you will click on Wikipedia page.

teraflop 12y ago

Maybe I'm not seeing what you're seeing, but how is this any different from the snippets that have always shown? It's in a box and it has richer formatting, but I don't see how that makes it unethical.

msoad 12y ago
It's trying to avoid user from going to the website it's finding results from.

nl 12y ago

Google has to walk an extremely fine line here. Note that in the first case (a .gov site) and the third case (Wikipedia) the service at the end is motivated by making sure the end user has correct information, not by page views. Google does a good job in exposing their information better. The second case is a commercial site that is probably at least partially motivated by page views. Google doesn't expose all their information in this case, and instead provides a "see more" link to their website. I'd imagine this is actually quite effective at driving traffic to their site.