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Re:Why has examine.com disappeared from search results? by andrekandre on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:12PM (#20678823)
isn’t this one of the classic reasons monopolies are bad?

[edit] please let me clarify the reason i wrote the above is because examine.com basically has no recourse but to appeal to google since they are basically a monopoly in search results, which is one of the reasons people consider a monopoly to be bad... they can’t just “pay more to bing” and get all their lost traffic back can they?

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Re:Why has examine.com disappeared from search results? by nesadi on Monday August 12, 2019 @07:57PM (#20681431)
You're right, yes. It seems search is one of those winner-take-all markets where the data Google has ensures that they'll stay years ahead of everybody else.

With 92% of the global search market (https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share), that gives them an incredible amount of power and influence over countless business and people. And they've repeatedly shown little regard for casualties of their policies or the Algorithm.

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Re:Why has examine.com disappeared from search results? by anchpop on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:32PM (#20679034)
No, it isn't
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Re:Why has examine.com disappeared from search results? by andrekandre on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:36PM (#20679079)
why? (genuinely curious)
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