<![CDATA[Real question: Has anyone (i.e. Google) explained why people would keep publishing content on the web when search engines are just going to slurp it up and never pass users to the source?]]>Real question: Has anyone (i.e. Google) explained why people would keep publishing content on the web when search engines are just going to slurp it up and never pass users to the source?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/560864b9-a551-4665-a3f2-3a3943b793e7/real-question-has-anyone-i.e.-google-explained-why-people-would-keep-publishing-content-on-the-web-when-search-engines-are-just-going-to-slurp-it-up-and-never-pass-users-to-the-sourceRSS for NodeTue, 26 May 2026 13:20:47 GMTThu, 21 May 2026 15:38:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Real question: Has anyone (i.e. Google) explained why people would keep publishing content on the web when search engines are just going to slurp it up and never pass users to the source? on Thu, 21 May 2026 20:31:55 GMT]]>@murtaugh If google no longer links through to content it crawls, why wouldn’t a site just put this in their robots.txt?

User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/joeri_s/statuses/116614464508358632https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/joeri_s/statuses/116614464508358632Thu, 21 May 2026 20:31:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Real question: Has anyone (i.e. Google) explained why people would keep publishing content on the web when search engines are just going to slurp it up and never pass users to the source? on Thu, 21 May 2026 17:08:17 GMT]]>@murtaugh yes. Even before this latest change, AI to publishers feels like FaceBook to local newspapers circa 2010

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ravenation.club/users/gorsefan/statuses/116613663771343137https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ravenation.club/users/gorsefan/statuses/116613663771343137Thu, 21 May 2026 17:08:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Real question: Has anyone (i.e. Google) explained why people would keep publishing content on the web when search engines are just going to slurp it up and never pass users to the source? on Thu, 21 May 2026 16:32:13 GMT]]>@SaraSoueidan @murtaugh They won't. They'll just tell the Google machine, because that's how people get information now. Learn the Google. Love the Google.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/prism/statuses/116613521966226870https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/prism/statuses/116613521966226870Thu, 21 May 2026 16:32:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Real question: Has anyone (i.e. Google) explained why people would keep publishing content on the web when search engines are just going to slurp it up and never pass users to the source? on Thu, 21 May 2026 16:27:51 GMT]]>@murtaugh THIS.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/SaraSoueidan/statuses/116613504769124918https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/SaraSoueidan/statuses/116613504769124918Thu, 21 May 2026 16:27:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Real question: Has anyone (i.e. Google) explained why people would keep publishing content on the web when search engines are just going to slurp it up and never pass users to the source? on Thu, 21 May 2026 16:18:43 GMT]]>@murtaugh No, and we already played this game with AMP. We lost.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/afeinman/statuses/116613468907327733https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/afeinman/statuses/116613468907327733Thu, 21 May 2026 16:18:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Real question: Has anyone (i.e. Google) explained why people would keep publishing content on the web when search engines are just going to slurp it up and never pass users to the source? on Thu, 21 May 2026 16:16:27 GMT]]>@murtaugh i believe they only considered the use case of ecommerce site owners, making sure their purchase journeys are "agent-friendly" (see Web-MCP and similar bullshit). for raw "content" they might think they slurped up enough and can always dip back into wikipedia, trusting that people's desire to have a reliable source of info will happen regardless

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/patrick_h_lauke/statuses/116613459949122663https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/patrick_h_lauke/statuses/116613459949122663Thu, 21 May 2026 16:16:27 GMT