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jfoster
on Aug 5, 2022
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We're improving search results when you use quotes
My understanding is that Google have a policy against sites doing that. Does Google not enforce the policy sufficiently, or are there exceptions made?
nostromo
on Aug 5, 2022
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Google’s policy shifted. You can show the crawler full text of an article and then put it behind a paywall for example.
MonkeyMalarky
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Not only does that benefit the site owners, it benefits Google by creating a moat. Any new entrant to search is initially restricted to the same content as you or I.
orangeoxidation
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Doesn't it make search worse though? I don't like my searches to end at paywalls and Google being able to do more of that doesn't seem an advantage.
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