The throttling of links to the open web on platforms have definitely turned them into cockroach motels. And it's hurt online publishers like my main biz AoM. Social was a primary way people discovered us. Same thing has happened to search. Google is answering most people's queries on google using the content on other websites. Feels bad man.
Right, I bet you all who ran sites and outlets pre these recent changes are really feeling it. I am sure that is even more frustrating. The Google one is certainly a puzzler. They can flip a switch and send tons of traffic, or turn of the house and you’re in a desert. It’s a bummer…
The throttling of links to the open web on platforms have definitely turned them into cockroach motels. And it's hurt online publishers like my main biz AoM. Social was a primary way people discovered us. Same thing has happened to search. Google is answering most people's queries on google using the content on other websites. Feels bad man.
Right, I bet you all who ran sites and outlets pre these recent changes are really feeling it. I am sure that is even more frustrating. The Google one is certainly a puzzler. They can flip a switch and send tons of traffic, or turn of the house and you’re in a desert. It’s a bummer…