Stupid newspapers actually asked to be banned from Google because they don't want the free traffic. lol http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070213/belgium_google_vs_newspapers.html?.v=10
Can the thread title be more misleading? Google isn't banning them. They are being forced to remove them by the court.
They just don't want Google to steal their content to show it in Google News and make profit out of it without their permission. Eventhough its just the headlines, a short text and maybe a pic. But I think this is right, its their content and they must have the right to choose if google can take it or not. What if someone takes part of your content to make money out of it?
i dont understand why they have done . this is related the nature of internet . i also want to know that they take the same action for the other search engines or not
Just noticed the article the initial post referred to is from yahoo, and even says For a different view try guardian. It is a strange situation, I personally would never pay for a subscription to an online newspaper.
I am guessing the access to online version of the newspaper comes "free" with a paid subscription to a hard copy version. I think this case demonstrates yet again, how traditional media are treatened by the Internet. If Google and others drive newspapers and other journalists out of business, who are they going to link to? Bloggers?
I think the main point behind it is hidden in the last paragraph of the guardian article where they quote Danny Sullivan
“We believe that Google News is entirely legal,†the company said in a statement. “We only ever show the headlines and a few snippets of text and small thumbnail images. If people want to read the entire story they have to click through to the newspaper’s Web site.†Even though the courts sided with the content owners in this case, it also ruled that it would be up to copyright owners to contact Google by e-mail to address any time of dispute concerning articles appearing on Google News. Google would then have 24 hours to withdraw the content or face a daily fine of $1,295 (1,000 euros). And speaking of fines, the court imposed a retroactive fine of $32,390 (25,000 euros) for each day Google did not comply with Copiepresse’s request to remove the Belgian content from the site. This figure is much less than was indicated in an earlier judgment, which could have potentially forced Google to cough up $1.3 million (1 million euros) a day. On a personal note, I’d like to congratulate the Belgian newspapers on their resounding legal victory. For their efforts, they’ve won the fabulous prize of receiving even less traffic to their sites.
I know you SEO guys would sell your mother for more traffic But thats not the point here, you have to look at it from a diffrent angle. Its all about copyright and Google making profit out of their product without even asking them.