The Identity Crisis Coming for News SEO Google’s attempts to repackage news are encroaching on publishers. As a cofounder of WTF Is SEO?, an industry newsletter, has observed: “A growing sentiment is that Google is not a partner but a competitor.” April 16, 2026 By C.J. Robinson
The NYT’s newspaper industry rarity: growth (UPDATED) February 12, 2013 By Ryan Chittum Its circulation strategy, led by the paywall, more than offsets ad losses in 2012
German bill would charge for aggregation January 16, 2013 By Alison Langley The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
Apples and oranges on Google and publishers November 14, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Print performance is bad enough without putting a thumb on the scale
It’s about the info, not the outlet November 2, 2012 By Anna Codrea-Rado Google’s mapped information on Sandy topped anything news organizations offered
Audit Notes: China slows, Romney’s taxes, copyright August 27, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Inventories pile up, posing another threat to the global economy
Audit Notes: Google moves on copyright, The Daily Shoe, Olympics August 10, 2012 By Ryan Chittum As its business interest aligns with content producers
Audit Notes: Google’s stonewalling, Moody’s spin clinic, USDA mortgages May 30, 2012 By Ryan Chittum An NYT story on how the company tried to stymie investigators of its Street View program
The Growing Problem of Search Engine Spam January 25, 2011 By Lauren Kirchner And what Google says it’s doing about it
