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AFP's Dispute With Google Has Unfortunate Results
By Andy Beal
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-03-25
Search Engine Guide has details of an unfortunate victim of the recent dispute between Google and AFP (a French based news service).
Google decided to respond to the extortion and stupidity of the lawsuit by actually winning the battle. Google's response? They stopped syndicating the news from sites using AFP of which this site is one. Not only is our AFP news not syndicated, but our editorials and independent news feeds are also blacklisted. Any news posted after Tuesday morning at 3am cannot be found on Google anywhere. It is a matter of time before the other services that ‘grab' our news follow suit.
The author represents Political Gateway.com and they rely heavily on AFP news. It appears that they no longer appear in Google News because Google removed all AFP content, regardless of the source or consequences.
In time the lawsuit will end, AFP will lose, Google and AFP will compromise and all will be as it was. Except for sites like this one who will lose financially and emotionally, as it always is when big business collide.
Source: How AFP killed an Online News Site by Suing Google
About the Author:
Andy Beal is President & CEO of Fortune Interactive a full-service interactive marketing agency specializing in search marketing and blog marketing. Considered one of the world's most respected interactive and search engine marketing experts, Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian. You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com.
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