Google tests removing news articles from search in EU, but it's already backfiring
GOOGAlphabet(GOOG) TechCrunch·2024-11-15 21:50

In Brief Under EU law, digital platforms have to pay for news reuse. But how much should Google pay for article previews? That’s what Google is trying to find out with an experiment in nine EU countries.During the test, 1% of users won’t see articles from EU-based news publishers in search and Google News so that Google can see its real impact on traffic. Or at least that was the plan. But the plan doesn’t seem well thought out given it appears that news publishers discovered the test in a blog post. Just ...