Google — which planned to block third-party cookies in 2022, then 2023, then 2024, then 2025 — now says it won’t block them after all. A big win for adtech, but what about publishers?
“If we accept that news is a public good, not something we can treat as a product to be traded like soap, then we have to develop economic models that somehow get the public to pay for it.”
“Bill C-18 is a test case of the power of platforms like Google and Meta to run and control Canada’s communications infrastructures. While the agreement allows all sides to claim victory, it is clear that Google successfully extracted key concessions over how it is regulated in Canada.”
The tech giant’s ongoing antitrust trial raises the possibility of the federal government, Apple, or both giving Google its first meaningful search competition in decades.
A shift to AI-generated search results will decrease the traffic that Google sends to publishers’ sites, as more people get what they need straight from the Google search page instead.
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Google is changing up search. What does that mean for news publishers?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 May. 2023. Web. 26 Jul. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2023, May. 11). Google is changing up search. What does that mean for news publishers?. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/05/google-is-changing-up-search-what-does-that-mean-for-news-publishers/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Google is changing up search. What does that mean for news publishers?." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 11, 2023. Accessed July 26, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/05/google-is-changing-up-search-what-does-that-mean-for-news-publishers/.
Wikipedia
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