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Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)

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[-] dangerous50@feddit.nl 14 points 1 month ago

If I were a content creator, why would I still need to let Google crawl my site. It probably won't bring any traffic to my site.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 15 points 1 month ago

Site owners haven't figured that out yet. They still cling to the notion that search optimization works. And it still does, to some extent.

Like, if you're a small business owner providing local services in your city and you get customers that find you through Google, what can you do except continue to optimize for Google?

[-] dangerous50@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

True. In your example, that makes sense. In cases where like newspaper/ journalism that earns ads revenue when ppl visit their articles, they will eventually lose those ads revenue when Gemini answers everything. But as u said, if they don't let google to crawl, they lose ads revenue now. Tough choice.