David Emery OnlineThe “book” is dead
30 April 2011
But more to the point, it would be full of piracy-related terms because that’s what people search for. Google’s suggestions come from actual searches. It’s a mirror onto the world, descriptive not prescriptive. If you don’t like how the world looks in the mirror, don’t blame the mirror.
Interesting post on how the book industry is now facing up to digital piracy, much in the same way the music industry has (or hasn’t, depending on your point of view). It also shows how much work Google needs to do with its search results – not to eliminate copyright infringing results, as that’s practically impossible, but to eliminate the huge amount of fake sites that clog up most results pages.
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