The Google News Dilemma 310
(54)T-Dub writes "Wired has an interesting article about the status of news.google.com. It has been 3 years since its release and the major bugs have long since been ironed out, so why is it still in beta? Apparently, it's because Google hasn't been able to figure out how to make money off of it. Slapping up some Google Adwords seems like the obvious solution. The problem is that Google News has multi-million-dollar news publishers scared because of the incredibly low-cost method that Google has employed to bring us 'up the minute news.' Currently they are able to scrape the content of news sites under fair use because they are not using it for commercial purposes. Once they move away from the nonprofit, educational purposes of their system they can expect to be deluged by cease and desist orders. Before you break out the tissue box though, remember that google sent their own cease and desist orders to a Google News RSS feeder a few months back."
Dilemma? (Score:4, Funny)
For more information... (Score:5, Funny)
This has been known on Slashdot for some time. (Score:5, Funny)
2. Drive traffic to it
3. ??
4. Profit!
Google, like the rest of the world, is still stuck on figuring out #3.
-Charles
gmail content (Score:3, Funny)
This Post (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Bad Grammar...? (Score:2, Funny)
Face it - tech news is the field for people who really sucked at both technical writing and journalism. You're not going to find the best writers aspiring to be techno-journalists.
Re:Bad Grammar...? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bad Grammar...? (Score:5, Funny)
Tarzan like job at wired but miss jungle.
google news? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This has been known on Slashdot for some time. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Bad Grammar...? (Score:2, Funny)
-Snake, from The Simpsons
I can relate (Score:3, Funny)
Re:gmail content (Score:3, Funny)
And in other news...
Your sister just broke it off with that jerk she was dating.
And your mother's VCR didn't work on the timed record setting last night. Please let her know if any of your friends have "Trading Spouses" on tape.
Re:Dilemma? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This Post (Score:5, Funny)
The next time my mother-in-law asks why I don't make more money, I'm going to tell her I'm in Beta.
Mo Money Google (Score:3, Funny)
At $135 per share, I'm thinking somebody has fgured out how to make money off of it
Re:This has been known on Slashdot for some time. (Score:1, Funny)
Step 1 - Steal underpants
Step 2 - ???
Step 3 - PROFIT!
Kyle: What's step 2?
Google/Underpants Gnome: Step 1 - Steal Underpants
Step 2 - ???
Step 3 - PROFIT!
It sounds as if (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dilemma? (Score:5, Funny)
http://news.google.com/news?q=dilema [google.com]
Re:Bad Grammar...? (Score:2, Funny)
The best part is... (Score:1, Funny)
"Can your website make you even more money?"
Maybe they should take their own advice...