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This is just dirty playing at it's finest, trying to dissolve a company that actually does work and instil it with even more bureaucracy. I don't complain that

This is just dirty playing at it's finest, trying to dissolve a company that actually does work and instil it with even more bureaucracy. I don't complain that google uses it search to improve it's own products, it's awesome actually. From knowing what kind of food I prefer to show me recommendations, to targeting me with ads that actually interest me. I'd rather pay 10$ for a gadget I saw on an ad than for a penis enlargement pill or give my credit card number because I am a millionth visitor. What do you believe could be hidden motives behind Axel Springer trying to push google out? More money for them from ads?

pgeorgi 12y ago
That law allows AS to get money for "snippets". Google then decided not to show snippets for any site for which it had to pay up (but just link with title). AS reports that their traffic went down so much due to that shorter format that they project a 7-digits loss a year per site. (at first they gave permission only for some sites to get directly comparable data) So AS gave Google a revocable free license to show snippets and complains that they were pressured into doing so because "Google has a monopoly". So they want to get Google to show full snippets (so AS gets their usual traffic and ad revenue), but to also pay for them (because there is that new law that allows AS to demand it).
- nickik 12y ago
  Thats exactly it. Im not sure how google 'monopoly' has any effect on AS. Its not like google is the only site that scraps media sites for news overviews and things like that. As far as I know google does not give them lower priority in searches, so how would there search monopoly matter?