40-45 jobs are cut, one employee says. "We're definitely worse off without them."
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More Google layoffs: Google News cuts dozens of jobs
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Even if you're just using Google search, many of the promoted links are chosen by their News team/algorithms.
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Having gone through latoffs multiple times, its no solace to those affected but it's almost never about an individual's capabilities. The incentives for C suites are just too screwed up towards short term operating income juicing. My sympathy for those affected, i have no doubt their skillsets will be welcomed elsewhere.
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The website itself is like the most popular News website in the world.
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Pffft. This is about big investors getting a payday, not necessarily the execs. Same as the progressive enshittification of Google's other services.
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And Nokia just announced 14K in layoffs this morning, close to 20% of staff
And i have no doubts THAT's all about making sure the C-suite folks keep their multi-million bonuses.
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I'm not sure whether this was intended fatuously, but Google News is the single largest driver of traffic to every mainstream news site you'll ever read. Including this one.
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Tech companies seem so convinced there's an impending recession it feels like they're going out of their way to make sure it happens. One sure way to get there is all these big companies doing mass layoffs to squeeze every cent they can out of the next fiscal quarter, because they all seem to believe there is no future.
I really hope search and ads get cut apart at Google, because the company needs a good shock to the system to start making good products again. It's horrendous how much of the world seems to exist solely to make as much profit as possible for Vanguard and Blackrock and the likes.
I really hope search and ads get cut apart at Google, because the company needs a good shock to the system to start making good products again. It's horrendous how much of the world seems to exist solely to make as much profit as possible for Vanguard and Blackrock and the likes.
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Agree 100%.
It's incredibly short sighted in a lot of cases, really throwing away the future...
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Hilarious that this article follows one about the Google antitrust suit, in which a Google suit testifies that Google's success is the result of "brilliant people, working tirelessly to improve its products..."
"...that we're busy laying off by the thousands."
Well... maybe not so hilarious.
"...that we're busy laying off by the thousands."
Well... maybe not so hilarious.
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Given how much of tech was predicated on a 0% interest rate and infinite growth, compared to a few years ago I have no doubt the economics at the C suite look and feel like a recession. It's astonishing the rest of the economy seems to be holding up so well.
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I'm very curious to see what the effect will be. They must have been involved in curation in some way or that unnamed staff engineer wouldn't sound so alarmed.
I volunteer on Wikipedia, and Google News is a key resource in finding news stories to establish notability, for one thing. Bing News (or whatever it's called) isn't anywhere near as good.
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I feel it's worth pointing out a company that did just under $775 million in turnover a day last year apparently can't afford to pay 40-45 people to properly maintain a public facing part of their business.
"How many yachts can you water ski behind, how much is enough?" - Wallsteet (1987)
"How many yachts can you water ski behind, how much is enough?" - Wallsteet (1987)
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Heard they’re on a hiring spree in their new “Google News and Sports Scores” service and on their new “Google Now Newspaper+” tablet-only service.
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Any recommendations for a good news aggregator site with (mostly) a factual and analytical bent? I mean, other than Ars of course 
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Used to use Google News. But it's gradually grown more useless. I block far right news sources like Fox ...or other alt-,right sources, yet they still appear in results.
And of course. Most free news articles these days are usually little more than thinly veiled advertisements anyway.
And of course. Most free news articles these days are usually little more than thinly veiled advertisements anyway.
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Google News aggregator is a staple of my daily net experience. Still find it(unfortunately) the best aggregator despite a series of changes in the content spectrum and format.
Questionable sources like Hindustan Times and others that have track records of disinformation on the Ukraine War for example are regularly present on the Google News overview. Frustrating.
Questionable sources like Hindustan Times and others that have track records of disinformation on the Ukraine War for example are regularly present on the Google News overview. Frustrating.
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Considering that many people use X ("the dumpster fire formerly known as Twitter") as a primary news site, yep, this bothers me, even though I could still just go directly to my primary news sources on my own. Google News is my go-to for a quick overview of what's happening.
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Evidently the tech slowdown continues. I used to get LinkedIn messages from headhunters weekly, but I haven't seen a single one now in several months. My company has already done 2 layoffs in the span of a year, and I worry that it will be a tough slog to find another job if I should get caught up in another round.
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Well, TIL from your comment and others above that Google News is an aggregation site and that people visit it. I was aware that many/most people get their news from social media, and assumed Google News fed out to social media more generally. Didn't realise it was a site in itself.
The days of visiting a few trusted sources like The Guardian or New York Times is too old school? Man, I feel old. And no wonder the economic bottom has been falling out of 'proper' journalism. I know it's an added convenience to have one place to get everything from, but found Apple News weird and random and would much rather go straight to the source whenever possible. Seems like Google News is the same for some people. And the less said about MSN/Bing News or whatever MS are calling it these days, the better.
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Today you learned about a website that launched 21 years ago? Okay...
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I was in on the early days of gmail with an invited beta, near the turn of the millennium. I kid you not, I have only just gone to the news.google.com site for the first time in my life, as a result of this Ars story.
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I was confused about this article, because didn't we just get an article stating Google was experimenting with adding a newsfeed to their homepage?
https://meincmagazine.com/gadgets/202...ews-filled-homepage-just-like-bing-and-yahoo/
It turns out the "Google Discover" newsfeed is separate from "Google News."
https://www.semrush.com/blog/how-to-optimize-for-google-discover/
https://meincmagazine.com/gadgets/202...ews-filled-homepage-just-like-bing-and-yahoo/
It turns out the "Google Discover" newsfeed is separate from "Google News."
https://www.semrush.com/blog/how-to-optimize-for-google-discover/
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Why not use a good RSS reader app and follow the specific news sources you like and trust?
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