Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets.
Submitted 2 months ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
Submitted 2 months ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Even so, there is a societal interest in objective news being available to the public, which means that search engines should be required to carry such content, profitable or not. All the more so due to Google’s monopolistic grip on the search engine market.
raef@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This was more a stunt because France is demanding Google pay to link to news sites. It’s the opposite of whether search engines should be required to list them
Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
If that’s what the French want, then it’s Google’s obligation to comply and simply adjust advertising rates as needed.