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Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web by zdragnar on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:59PM (#26596261)
Given the scale that google already operates at, I don't doubt that they would just take a copy of thr content and rebrand it as a google service, complete with user contribution.

Then, after two or five years, let it fester then abandon it. Nobody gets promoted for keeping well oiled machines running.

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Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web by dmitriid on Friday March 26, 2021 @05:44PM (#26597331)
Remember Knol? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knol?wprov=sfti1

It was actually good for writing stuff when I tried it. Never brought in enough traffic. Killed.

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