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Originally Posted by nekokami
I remember trying to find things online before Google, using Archie, Fetch, etc. I'm not so sure they haven't earned what they make. One can exclude one's content from Google Search, after all. More people seem to be trying to draw added Google attention to their content than the other way around, it seems to me. And indexing and searching content has costs, and involves work. Arguing that Google shouldn't get paid if they help someone find your content seems a lot like arguing against paying book publishers for the work they do. But perhaps there are issues here I'm not aware of... I'm always willing to learn something new.  |
The issue is that they are driving their business through outright theft of content. They aren't indexing it, they are copying it wholesale then indexing their copy.
I understand the need for a search engine. Either search engine users, or those wanting to be indexed, should pay. To fund it all through an advertising engine driven by stolen content is absolutely wrong, and Google should be the target of a massive class action lawsuit.
I don't want to even talk about the SEO snake oil salesman industry Google has created to further drive their schemes. I might get all
emphatic and use short, declarative sentences. No one wants that.