You can’t ignore Google Zero anymore
The web and Google once had a deal: Google collects data and indexes webpages and in exchange sends oceans of traffic to websites. The deal wasn't perfect and certainly made Google more money than it made the websites, but it worked for a long time. Now, however, the deal seems to be dead. And the web is being forced to reckon with what happens when the Google traffic dries up. On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk about the week's Google Zero news, including R
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The traditional relationship between Google and websites is breaking down. Google once sent large amounts of traffic to websites in exchange for indexing their content, but this arrangement appears to be ending as the web confronts the consequences of losing that traffic source. Publishers are now considering blocking Google from crawling their sites, and even Google's search business is being affected by developments in artificial intelligence. The shift reflects broader tensions between search engines, AI companies, and content creators over how information is used and distributed online.
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