And there it is again, the point that the author of the article is making . .
"Do these requests indicate a larger issue with my site?"
When the truth of the matter is that it's Google's issue. Why does the burden of the cost have to be on the publisher?
This is the 3rd time someone is pointing this out, and it pretty much showcases "Google"'s attitude on this.
At this point the cost of becoming a good source of information has increased greatly to the point that very few publishers with resources can actively manage all the rules and "guidelines" Google decides to throw at the content creators that provide the content that makes the search engine valuable.
I see this everyday in our business as smaller but richer sources of content just disappear on many topics. Blogs, forums and independent enthusiast content sources.
Google has created a one sided ecosystem. That is consolidating traffic to so called "good" sites.
As a long time publisher for a large media company I think it's time to take the internet back from Google. Who care's what Google thinks and does and start building for a better internet.
"Do these requests indicate a larger issue with my site?"
When the truth of the matter is that it's Google's issue. Why does the burden of the cost have to be on the publisher?
This is the 3rd time someone is pointing this out, and it pretty much showcases "Google"'s attitude on this.
At this point the cost of becoming a good source of information has increased greatly to the point that very few publishers with resources can actively manage all the rules and "guidelines" Google decides to throw at the content creators that provide the content that makes the search engine valuable.
I see this everyday in our business as smaller but richer sources of content just disappear on many topics. Blogs, forums and independent enthusiast content sources.
Google has created a one sided ecosystem. That is consolidating traffic to so called "good" sites.
As a long time publisher for a large media company I think it's time to take the internet back from Google. Who care's what Google thinks and does and start building for a better internet.