Rupert Murdoch, media mogul extrordinaire, has decided that links coming from the search engine monolith Google are parasitic and should be banned outright. Yes – what most of us online strive for – links from everywhere and especially Google – Murdoch has decided actually hurts his business model. This really, really confuses the hell out of me.
I was always under the impression that links pointing people to your content improved the visibility of that content – paywall or no. I guess, one way or another, this move will be a great experiment for the online news model.
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I see Google winning this one. They’re a well-liked as a giant, highly powerful company can be. Murdoch…isn’t.Report
I think I understand what he’s getting at: he’s a control freak who doesn’t like anyone else making money off of his corp’s IP, even if it’s only by showing ads next to links to it.Report