androidtech - 2:32 pm on Sep 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

"Google does not owe us a living"

There's a point I've been wanting to make about that sentiment for a long time.

Should you rely on Google for your living? Of course not, but that is common sense not morality.

But does Google owe us a living? Not individually but jointly, IMHO, yes.

Why doesn't anyone ever point out the fact that if it hadn't been for webmasters *other* than Google, there would be NO Google? Google became a giant by indexing and presenting content *strictly* created by others! Google does not create content at all, it organizes other peoples content. The only reason no one complains about Google's "fair use" of other site's content in the form of SERP snippets, is because they are *sending them commerce*.

Just a thought.

Thanks.