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Be Careful What You Ask For: Google Licensing News Won’t Feel Like Justice

Publishers are still on the long ramp down in referrals from organic search, although I still maintain that “Google Zero” is more marketing than prophecy. One hoped-for outcome commonly discussed is that AI crawlers, including Google, will enter into content licensing agreements with publishers. My worry is that publishers will like a world where Google…

October 13, 2026