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Why We Are Here => Traffic => Topic started by: rcjordan on March 05, 2025, 12:30:41 AM

Title: ChatGPT and Other Chatbots Are Hurting Publishers Even Worse Than We Thought
Post by: rcjordan on March 05, 2025, 12:30:41 AM

https://futurism.com/openai-google-hurting-publishers

That 'we' doesn't include th3core.
Title: Re: ChatGPT and Other Chatbots Are Hurting Publishers Even Worse Than We Thought
Post by: ergophobe on March 05, 2025, 08:55:15 PM
Which brings me back to an earlier question: when is it time to simply block Google from crawling your site?

It's a classic first-mover problem. If you are in the first 20% of sites (weighted by search volume) to block Google, then you are basically committing harakiri. After that Google has to adapt or die.

I don't think ad-supported search can co-exist with quality content for commercial websites. I don't think any form of good AI chatbot can co-exist with quality content for commercial websites.

It makes me wonder... if Google and chatbots destroy all the websites, how do they exist?

It reminds me of a famous Ed Abbey quote: "Growth for the sake of growth is the logic of a cancer cell."