Google tests paying publishers for using its content in AI Mode, AI Overviews and Gemini
This is a Google Search Console feature named AI contribution and is being tested with a limited number of publishers.
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ChatGPT gains access to Yelp reviews, ratings, and photos
Yelp will feed real-time local data into ChatGPT, including reviews, photos and quote requests, with branded links back to its platform.
Publisher LLM visibility: Steal The Spruce’s winning playbook
Organic traffic is declining. Learn how publishers can boost AI visibility, earn more citations, and build authority using The Spruce’s proven LLM optimization playbook.
Reddit sues Perplexity, SerpApi over scraping Google Search data
Perplexity and SerpApi disguised bots to scrape Reddit data from Google at 'industrial scale,' according to Reddit's new lawsuit.
Reddit, Google in talks to deepen AI partnership: Report
Reddit is pushing for a new AI deal with Google that could make its forums more central to AI Overviews and other Google AI products.
OpenAI may pay Reddit $70M for licensing deal
We know Google pays Reddit $60M, and Reddit has content deals with only Google and OpenAI. That leaves OpenAI paying about $70M.
Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search
Reddit updated its robots.txt file prohibiting Bing and some other search engines from crawling its site.
Report: Reddit signs AI content licensing deal with Google
Reddit's Google Search visibility has exploded in recent months. Now the companies have struck a content licensing deal. Coincidence?
How to create a multi-site indexing monitoring system using the URL Inspection API and Analytics Edge
In this tutorial, you'll learn a step-by-step process you can use to create a multisite URL Inspection monitoring system.
Google agrees to start paying for news content
Germany, Australia and Brazil are the first three countries, with more coming.
Google to add attribution to licensed lyrics providers
Google responds to the allegations that it scraped Genius lyrics without paying for that content.
Google, Getty Images enter a multi-year global licensing partnership
The deal effectively ends Getty's European antitrust complaint against Google.
Google Confirms New Experiment With Twitter In Search Results
Google is expected to begin showing Twitter content in search this month, is this a screen shot of tweets in Google's mobile search results?
As Deal With Twitter Expires, Google Realtime Search Goes Offline
Yesterday, we reported that Google Realtime Search had mysteriously disappeared. Today comes the reason why: Google’s agreement with Twitter to carry its results has expired, taking with it much of the content that was in the service with it. Google sent us this explanation: Since October of 2009, we have had an agreement with Twitter […]
Google To License Street View Imagery To Game Developers
Will driving games soon be featuring images of real places and roads courtesy of Google’s Street View? That’s the word from the Kmeme blog, which says that Google will make its imagery available to game developers: A game company will be able to license the entirety of the real world’s roads and all the surrounding […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 1, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Pulls Dead Body Images From Street View Brazil Google has removed Street View images in Brazil that showed dead bodies on local streets. One image showed a partly-covered body lying […]
Google & AP Extend Long-Term Content Deal
After months of being without a long-term content deal, Google and the Associated Press have finally renewed their vows. Google will continue to host AP stories on Google News and have access to AP’s news feeds without fear that the AP will make legal claims against the company. From the announcement: We’ve extended our existing […]
Foursquare In Discussions With “Everyone” To Enhance Search With Its Data
Twitter did it; now Foursquare is reportedly in discussions with Google, Yahoo and Bing to supply (or license) its check-in data as a search-enhancer. According to the UK’s Telegraph: Our data generates hugely interesting trends which would enrich search,” [Foursquare co-founder and CEO Dennis] Crowley said. “We can anonymise data and use it to show […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 7, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Only Constant Is Change Lately, I’ve heard a lot of folks chattering about the hot topics of the day. Google traffic is down after their update, mobile SEO is the […]
They’re Back: AP Stories Reappear In Google
In the peek-a-boo dance of the AP-Google negotiation, it appears that AP stories are back in Google News. Earlier this month Danny wrote an extensive post about an apparent deal between the parties to allow the continued indexing of AP stories in Google News. Now the Wall Street Journal reports: New articles from the Associated […]
AP & Google Reach A Deal – Sort Of
Google and the Associated Press have reached an agreement allowing Google to continue using AP content. But whether this is a long-term agreement replacing the one that expired last month is unclear. And despite the agreement, AP stories won’t be hosted by Google News any time soon, it seems. Yahoo’s also struck a new deal […]
Where’s AP In Google News? Apparently In Limbo, As Contract Running Out
It’s been noticed that new Associated Press stories — hosted by Google itself — are no longer appearing in Google News. It’s true. Since Dec. 24, Google has no longer added new AP content, something the company confirmed with me today. I received this statement: We have a licensing agreement with the Associated Press that […]
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Google News Now Hosting Wire Stories & Promises Better Variety In Results
Today, Google News will begin offering articles from several major wire services and news agencies hosted on its own site, rather than sending readers away from Google. The move is part of licensing agreements that have been stuck over the past year. Google News is also promising better duplicate story detection, so that the original […]
Google’s YouTube Signs Major Deal With EMI Group
YouTube signs broad licensing pact with EMI from Reuters reports that Google has struck a major deal with EMI Group. EMI Group, one of the world’s leading global music companies, will allow YouTube users to not only watch EMI’s videos and music but also create user generated content around the videos. “With this deal, all […]
AFP & Google Settle Over Google News Copyright Case
The most significant copyright case against Google News, that filed by Agence France-Presse back in March 2005, has now ended. Google has signed a licensing agreement with AFP that settles the suit. News from the AFP here. The statement from both companies has the usual spin that this is about "new" uses rather than Google […]
Ask.com & LookSmart Renew AdCenter License Agreement
Off the business wire from yesterday, Ask.com Renews AdCenter License with LookSmart. In short, Ask.com has renewed their agreement with LookSmart to license LookSmart’s “AdCenter for Publishers” through 2009. Basically, LookSmart powers Ask.com’s Sponsored Listings PPC advertising program for publishers.
Viacom To Sign With Joost Over Google’s YouTube
Viacom Charts New Course Online at the Wall Street Journal reports that Viacom announced “broad licensing deal with Joost.” Joost is like YouTube but they specialize in commercial video. The deal allows Joost to include “hundreds of hours of programming from Viacom cable networks such as MTV, Comedy Central and Spike as well as movies […]