Comments on: Murdoch vs Google: Don Quixote Redux http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/04/05/murdoch-vs-google-don-quixote-redux/ by Stephen E. Arnold Thu, 24 May 2012 16:47:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stephen E. Arnold http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/04/05/murdoch-vs-google-don-quixote-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-47246 Stephen E. Arnold Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:58:21 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=5659#comment-47246 Anthony Moor, Thanks for your comment. I now think it may be too late for the traditional publishing companies. I had dinner last night with two former top journalists in Illinois. Single voices may not have much financial magnetism. Single news organizations may not have much pull either I fear. Stephen Arnold, April 5, 2009 Anthony Moor,

Thanks for your comment. I now think it may be too late for the traditional publishing companies. I had dinner last night with two former top journalists in Illinois. Single voices may not have much financial magnetism. Single news organizations may not have much pull either I fear.

Stephen Arnold, April 5, 2009

]]> By: Anthony Moor http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/04/05/murdoch-vs-google-don-quixote-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-47244 Anthony Moor Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:56:22 +0000 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/?p=5659#comment-47244 Hi. I'm Anthony Moor, the second guy Dirk quoted. I can't speak for Murdoch, of course, but your analysis is on point regarding my own thinking. Dirk and I talked for a while and I made it clear from the outset that I don't begrudge Google for it's search technology. Indeed, it is essential to navigating the Web, and it delivers a significant amount of traffic to my Web site. Without Google, finding what you want on the Web would be much more difficult. What I did try to explain to Dirk, however, is that I'm uncomfortable with the fact that Google is so dominant in this space and as a result, the content providers are forced to live by their secret algorithms. And I joked that late at night I wonder what would happen if news sites were 'turned off' -- would it matter to the public? But I'm not so dumb that I think by refusing to allow Google to index our sites we somehow can fix our own business problems. Hi. I’m Anthony Moor, the second guy Dirk quoted. I can’t speak for Murdoch, of course, but your analysis is on point regarding my own thinking. Dirk and I talked for a while and I made it clear from the outset that I don’t begrudge Google for it’s search technology. Indeed, it is essential to navigating the Web, and it delivers a significant amount of traffic to my Web site. Without Google, finding what you want on the Web would be much more difficult.

What I did try to explain to Dirk, however, is that I’m uncomfortable with the fact that Google is so dominant in this space and as a result, the content providers are forced to live by their secret algorithms. And I joked that late at night I wonder what would happen if news sites were ‘turned off’ — would it matter to the public? But I’m not so dumb that I think by refusing to allow Google to index our sites we somehow can fix our own business problems.

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