[acidzebra]

I'm going to try one more time.

1. you publish content on the WWW, a publicly-accessible place
2. search engines index content, because indexing is what makes keyword search possible.
3. people use search engines to find content, possibly yours ('profit' or at least attention for you, something which most content publishers see as desirable)
4. keeping the search indexes up to date, storing the data, using bandwidth for user searches, all this costs money
5. ads are used to offset these cost (and possible profit for them)

While you see it as a parasitic arrangement (Google is stealing my stuff!), I see it as a mutually beneficial one - Google does send people your way, or doesn't it? You do want your content to be viewed, don't you?

I'm still trying to wrap my head around your worldview here. Then again, the "Screwed over by Tor" thread was pretty surreal to me too.