information Answers to queries right in the address bar?

[equity78]

I read an article on Search Engine Journal with regards to an upcoming update of Google Chrome. Forget about Zero search clicks and go straight to zero query answers. From the article: “Now on both desktop and Android, answers will show up inside the address bar where you type your query—whether you’re looking for results about sporting events or instant answers about the local … [Read more...]

 

[offthehandle]

It’s not a wrinkle, it’s not a peddle in your shoe, it’s like a razor blade at the throat of creators, publishers. In due time, the behemoth scrape machine will chew up much of all existing human created information, treat it as their own commodity, store it and regurgitate it back out as though they were the originator.

https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393

 

[Bob Hawkes]

As @offthehandle correctly points out this is of great concern to content providers and of course to all of us in the domain business. Thanks for alerting us to this, @equity78. There is also I think a third major concern: the more we allow any entuity to choose the information we see the more concern re potential manipulation.
Bob

 

[Sheogorath]

Thanks for sharing
This may be a real future concern for domain & website owners.

According to statcounter.com, Google Chrome is at 63.99% in the Web Browser Market Share:
Browser Market Share Worldwide - August 2019
Chrome - 63.99%
Safari - 15.48%
Firefox - 4.44%
Samsung Internet - 3.49%
UC Browser - 3.46%
Opera - 2.65%

 

[Josytal]

That is content "laundering" for you. Power corrupts...