How Google is Killing Bloggers and Small Publishers - And Why - The one in which we break down how Google is killing our site. And why. Fun!
Media Briefing: Publishers are replacing Google with a little bit of everything
Publishers are preparing for a future with less Google traffic — but are still figuring out what replaces it.
Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators
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How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh
And why you shouldn’t trust product reviews from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google.
Reddit might cut ties with Google as traffic drops.
Reddit has discussed shutting off Google’s access to data used to train its Gemini AI models. Or maybe it’s just a renegotiation bluff now that its $60 million-a-year deal is coming to an end. According to The Wall Street Journal: > … with AI-generated answers to queries reducing clicks to outside websites, Reddit executives are assessing what the upside is of continuing to feed its content to Google, said the people familiar with the matter. Google Zero comes for us all, eventually. [Link: Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off. | https://www.wsj.com/business/media/google-search-publishers-ai-content-0fb06e41?st=afkkxc&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink | wsj.com]
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Death by a thousand likes: How Facebook and Twitter are killing the open web
Here’s one way to understand the symbiotic relationship between publications and platforms in the digital age. Publications depend on advertising dollars to keep producing content, so they need to hold readers’ attention. Big platforms like Facebook and Twitter already have plenty of attention, but they need vast quantities of content to fill up their newsfeeds. It seems natural, then, that publications have started relying on platforms to drive readership.
Death by a thousand likes: How Facebook and Twitter are killing the open web
Here’s one way to understand the symbiotic relationship between publications and platforms in the digital age. Publications depend on advertising dollars to keep producing content, so they need to hold readers’ attention. Big platforms like Facebook and Twitter already have plenty of attention, but they need vast quantities of content to fill up their newsfeeds. It seems natural, then, that publications have started relying on platforms to drive readership.
The .blog Bait & Switch
The .blog registry backtracked on its promise to send popular domains to auction.
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Beyond blogging platforms
A blog is a blog is a blog. At least that’s what I used to think. In reality, it isn’t quite that simple. Some people just blog and don’t care about the...
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Google is getting even worse for independent sites
HouseFresh’s search traffic has fallen by 91 percent.
Imagine things being so bad that your best solution is to cut yourself off from Google Search traffic. I don't think that people realise just how much of a bad actor Google has been, for year. No other company has damaged the web nearly as much. 🧵 adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-goog…
Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
www.adweek.comImagine things being so bad that your best solution is to cut yourself off from Google Search traffic. I don't think that people realise just how much of a bad actor Google has been, for year. No other company has damaged the web nearly as much. 🧵 adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-goog…
Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
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