Thieving page views from publishers that could have advertising sold against them or helping all concerned with a quicker/easier path to the content they want?
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News of the introduction of a new feature to Google that offers users the option of a more specific search on certain newspaper and other web publisher's sites has met with a mixed response.
There have been suggestions that Google is hijacking the search function of some leading newspaper websites - effectively depriving them of page views against which they can sell advertising.
There have also been notes of sang-froid - optimism even - about the move.
But what do you think?
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