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Art-One [PersonRank 10]

Friday, September 29, 2006
17 years ago2,357 views

A belgian news source has told me that it is getting paid by Google for delivering content to Google News. It's a small amount: a few 100 EUR's, but it is paid...

Philipp you can start negotiating now ;-)

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

lol..
is it only for Belgium? (because of the trial thing Google had with Belgium)

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

<<A belgian news source has told me that it is getting paid by Google for delivering content to Google News.>>

I very much doubt it. It wouldn't be fair for the rest of the sources.

Art-One [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

David: now it was before the trial. (It's btw a Flemish news source, not a Walloon (which were involved in the trial...)).

Ionut: The man told it to me in an very unsuspected moment. (We were not talking about Google at all but about how he was financing his business.) I don't see a reason why he woulded have lied for that. Conclusion, imo it was true... And as already mentioned, he is not the only one...

Could it be a strategy to give some small money to smaller news sources & try to get the bigger ones for free?

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Art-one do you have more details?

Art-One [PersonRank 10]

17 years ago #

Philipp: c.f. your e-mail.

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