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Google ‘throwing its weight around’ by burying links to some commercial news sites, experts say
Google has decided to hide some Australian news sites from its search results, in a move that is being interpreted as a response to the Australian Government attempting to make the tech giant pay for original news content.
Key points:
- Google is currently burying links to some Australian commercial news sites
- The company says the “experiment” only affects about 1 per cent of Australian users
- Experts say tech giant is “throwing its weight around” while under pressure to pay for local news content
The search algorithm tweak affects a small percentage of users and buries links to some commercial news sites, a Google spokesperson said.
“Every year we conduct tens of thousands of experiments in Google Search,” they said.
“We’re currently running a…
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