[dragonwriter]

> If Google wants to go back to being a search engine instead of a content thief and aggregator

A search engine is inherently a content aggregator; the functions are inseperable.

[antonvs]

Not necessarily. Google used to be more of a link aggregator. There's a difference, as the OP proves.

[dragonwriter]

Google (and virtually every other search engine) has always included content with links, what's different now (but not unique to Google, though they are perhaps the most advanced at it) is that now it algorithmically synthesizes content instead of merely aggregating it.