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by echelon 1 day ago
The once unthinkable is now changing.

https://nypost.com/2026/07/22/business/reddit-news-outlets-w...

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/google-search-publishers-...

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Cloudflare has just announced that it's about to start blocking Googlebot by default, because it's an AI crawler.

To which, I cannot say with enough emphasis: OUCH. This kills Google Search. All hail Cloudflare Search, the new center of the internet!