Re:Kill Google AMP before it kills the web
by matthewmacleod on Saturday May 20, 2017 @05:13PM
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In contrast, I think google is making every effort possible to direct people away from the web and into the Google ecosystem. Searching for maps? Google. Searching for flights? Google. Searching for information? Google. The list goes on, and the technical means for delivery is essentially irrelevant.
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Rich snippets is the catch all for everything else.
You can see a preview for what that means by checking out Wikipedia's traffic decline over the last 3 years or so.
Re:Kill Google AMP before it kills the web
by joshuamorton on Saturday May 20, 2017 @09:26PM
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To be fair, at least in wikipedia's case, that's potentially a good thing. Wikipedia isn't ad-supported, so having their data hosted elsewhere isn't actually a problem (as long as credit is given and so donations continue), because it becomes less expensive for them to host.
Re:Kill Google AMP before it kills the web
by stekenwright on Saturday May 20, 2017 @05:28PM
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Definitely trying, but overreaching. The public is starting to cut out Google/the middleman and it's really just forcing shoppers into Amazon's ecosystem, those searching for flights to Skyscanner etc.