Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
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Major publishers are preparing to block Google's web crawler after years of having their content scraped for free to train AI. Cloudflare, which hosts 20% of all websites, will block Google's crawler by default starting September 15, and USA Today Inc. plans to delist from Google Search within six to twelve months unless a licensing deal is reached.
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