Re:Google I/O: Big changes coming for SEOs with ubiquitous AI
by LegitShady on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:26AM
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> I'd guess that google is currently the single largest funder of "content" in the world, between adsense on websites and payouts to YouTubers.
Those are advertisers funding the content, not google. google is just a middleman. They generate no content and pay none of they money, they just facilitate the transaction and take a cut.
Re:Google I/O: Big changes coming for SEOs with ubiquitous AI
by hammyhavoc on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:41AM
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Google used to produce/fund content. See YouTube Originals.
Re:Google I/O: Big changes coming for SEOs with ubiquitous AI
by LegitShady on Thursday May 11, 2023 @08:12AM
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I've never seen a YouTube original I liked. It's all garbage.
They're certainly not getting the content for free. They're running ads against it, and making money on it, but they are also paying for it. It's a relatively small shift in their funding model to pay out to creators for their contributions to an AI model instead of paying out per pageview.