c/netzkultur · by dubak@feddit.org · 16d

Search traffic has declined so much that some publishers are considering opting out of Google entirely

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/search-traffic-has-declined-so-much-that-some-publishers-are-considering-opting-out-of-google-entirely/

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DmMacniel@feddit.org · 19 pts · 16d (2 replies)

Now those Sites need to add an AI Firewall to prevent google from scraping from them and eventually we return to an actual functioning WWW.

Jetzt müssen diese Sites lediglich noch ne AI Firewall einrichten damit Google nicht von ihnen mit ihren AI Crawlern die Inhalte stehlen kann, Eventuell können wir so zu einem funktionierend WWW zurückkehren.

slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 16d (1 reply)

Or better yet, don't block them but rather poison their data.

Besser wäre es, den Crawlern Müll-Daten zuzuspielen, die realiatisch aussehen aber die Datenbanken vergiften. Sonst finden die nur einen Weg um die Sperren herum

dubak@feddit.org · 3 pts · 16d

From the linked article:

Time, meanwhile, is trying to monetize the bots by using what the Journal calls “a sort of Trojan horse approach — creating text-based ads that regular readers never see but that AI crawlers might find.” The idea is that AI chatbots might then reference those ads when responding to user queries without knowing they are ads, like some sort of insidious sponsored content.

5715@feddit.org · 6 pts · 16d (1 reply)

Beispiel: Hab letztens in einer App von "Red Hot Chili Gabbers" gehört und es war mir unmöglich mittels gewöhnlicher Suchmaschinen meine exakte Suche zu finden. Das passiert immer häufiger, zum Einen weil Suchmaschinen schlechter werden und sich nicht mehr trauen kein Ergebnis anzugeben, zum Anderen aber auch weil das Internet an sich schlechter wird - durch Bezahlmauern, Anmeldezwang, Rückkehr zu Internet ohne API, grassierendem KI-Fraß, SEO usw...

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 15d

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A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 15d

I don't understand why Google is doing this - showing its own (AI) summaries instead of directing searchers to the website. It's so obvious that they are shooting themselves in the foot.

Little tidbit:

USA Today isn’t the only publisher considering blocking Google. According to the Journal, Reddit is reevaluating its $60 million per year deal with Google after seeing traffic declines

Um, I don't think reddit's decline can be blamed solely on Google...

plyth@feddit.org · 4 pts · 16d (1 reply)

Does anybody remember Burda's search engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliqz ?

Why haven't the big publishers developed their own search engine? Google is eating their profits.

DmMacniel@feddit.org · 3 pts · 16d

Google is eating their profits.

I remember Publisher pressing for a Link/Snippet Tax... mmh doesn't sound so unreasonable in hindsight.