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Re:Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on ... by throwaway2037 on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @11:01PM (#43478430)
Please remember that Google only needs to be marginally better than the competition. And, of course, their primary biz is ads, not serving great results; that is a distant second priority.
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Re:Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on ... by MathMonkeyMan on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @01:35AM (#43479163)
Their biz is ads, but since search is winner takes all they need only be marginally better than the competition... twenty years ago.
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Re:Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on ... by timewizard on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @02:39AM (#43479425)
> Their biz is ads,

Yea, but, the FTC doesn't want it to be.

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