tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post5273202991827651165..comments2024-03-29T11:40:46.477+03:00Comments on Life in Israel: Proposed Law: royalties from GoogleRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-12825590939706075182013-12-18T18:36:44.208+02:002013-12-18T18:36:44.208+02:00Google would still exist, but it would not be allo...Google would still exist, but it would not be allowed to publish the snippets. That would take some convenience out of search results but would drive more traffic to more of the sites. This would increase competition. If Google would penalize good sites, then its search would be self-damaged.<br />Google has definitely taken the piggish title from Microsoft. It is earning a massive amount of money and getting bigger and bigger. Capitalism goes too far when all competition is wiped away. Yes, there is a natural issue of supply and demand here but there are also laws in Israel about limiting monopolies.Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-68280949393247604872013-12-18T15:36:48.898+02:002013-12-18T15:36:48.898+02:00France tried the same thing. Read more here: http:...France tried the same thing. Read more here: http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/18/french-law-endangers-googles-very-existence-threatens-country-wide-news-boycott/<br /><br />Other European countries too: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-21/in-europe-googles-news-snippets-may-get-more-expensive<br /><br />It's still a dumb idea proposed by those who really don't understand the evolution of publishing. The snippets Google uses (they aren't full text, just snippets) drive traffic to the content providers. The content providers are getting free visibility and traffic while Google also achieves more traffic. I'd be thrilled if my site would get such a free promotion!Herbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-38870965381219423852013-12-18T15:33:23.988+02:002013-12-18T15:33:23.988+02:00There's always the flip side - many of these s...There's always the flip side - many of these sites wouldn't exists without people being able to find them via Google. And they pay nothing to Google for such a benefit.<br /><br />If this bill passes, Google can demonstrate this by stopping to rank pages which fit the criteria for the bill. If the sites suffer because of it, it will just go to prove that the websites benefit from being ranked in Google at least as much as Google does for ranking them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18040752573684514389noreply@blogger.com