news slice: hurts the little guy?
Lost Remote: For me, Google News + AP = frustration
Good thoughts from Don Day about Google’s deal with the Associated Press:
I get that the Google algorithm puts more weight on “The Associated Press” than it does on KTVB. But the fact that it puts SO much weight on AP over a story that has about three times the depth … and includes photos bugs me. TV sites like ours benefit greatly from the AP — but NONE of that benefit comes from Google.
Think about it.
Mike Bijon wrote:
Why there’s no payback from AP to the content writers/producers when their stuff is picked up astounds me. Somehow they’re paying the AP for content, but the AP isn’t paying them… It’s worse that aggregators like Google are promoting the AP as the top content producer AND paying the AP for the privledge.
Considering that both of these things are happening and that Google News still has no revenue from advertising, largely for fear of being sued by content producers, really makes you wonder why the AP isn’t taking more heat about that situation.
This still seems minor considering the volume of the print-to-online transition. I’m trying to wrap my head around the potential effects of WSJ.com dropping it’s pay-wall and letting Google in.
Posted on 20-Sep-07 at 8:54 pm | Permalink