Google Gives In, AFP Becomes Less Relevant
from the AFP-who? dept
Following AFP's somewhat brain-dead decision to sue Google for daring to link to AFP published stories around the web, Google has graciously started removing all links to any AFP published story. Of course, the real loser in all of this is AFP, who in one bizarre move has made itself ridiculously less relevant and useful to the world of folks who spread the news. It will be harder for people to find AFP news, and AFP will suffer for it. They've just cut off one of the best marketing channels they had for no clear reason at all. Why publish online at all if you're not going to allow the biggest driver of traffic to link to you?
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Because that's not where they make their money
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Taking themselves out of the game is a bad idea.
Besides, this is just trying to hold back the tide, and refusing to adjust their business model for the changing times.
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Re: Because that's not where they make their money
At the end of the day AFP make money from selling their content to content providers. So, I would have thought that for them its better business that the content providers get the traffic rather than AFP.
I'd say they just got some customers back onside and that the business model remains intact.
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