Google admits to running 'experiments' which remove some media sites from its search results

Google admits to running 'experiments' which remove some media sites from its search results

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/13/google-admits-to-running-experiments-which-remove-some-media-sites-from-its-search-results

The tech giant says it is ‘running a few experiments that will each reach about 1% of Google Search users in Australia’

Google has been hiding some Australian news sites from search results, in a move media outlets say is a show of “extraordinary power” as the tech company bargains with the Australian government over financial payment for content.

Google admits to running 'experiments' which remove some media sites from its search results

Jan 13, 2021, 10:16am UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/13/google-admits-to-running-experiments-which-remove-some-media-sites-from-its-search-results > The tech giant says it is ‘running a few experiments that will each reach about 1% of Google Search users in Australia’ > Google has been hiding some Australian news sites from search results, in a move media outlets say is a show of “extraordinary power” as the tech company bargains with the Australian government over financial payment for content.