[HN Gopher] Google pilots a search feature that aggregates short... ___________________________________________________________________ Google pilots a search feature that aggregates short videos from TikTok and IG Author : elsewhen Score : 20 points Date : 2020-12-30 12:39 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (techcrunch.com) (TXT) w3m dump (techcrunch.com) | throwaway13337 wrote: | Is this a deal with the respective content silos or is there a | public api for each? | | In other words, is it possible for an independent developer to | make their own content aggregator? | mkaic wrote: | This is good news IMO, as it will promote discovery of creators | from outside the platform they create on. As a content creator, I | hope this feature ends up well implemented. I could totally see | it going downhill though when the SEO-obsessives realize there's | new territory to fight over. I guess I'll just wait and see! | simplecto wrote: | Imagine having a juggernaut so big and powerful you can no longer | afford to innovate on the bottom. | | Google was never able to build or buy a social platform to build | their walled garden higher. | | Instead they reach their tentacles over the other walled gardens | and snatch the content. | | Google is a shell whose moat is drying up day by day. | salusinarduis wrote: | Because everyone knows SERPs need more multimedia trash to fill | up the above the fold. | mkaic wrote: | As long as there's an option to disable it, (which to be | honest, there probably won't be) I see no issue with this. | | Personally, I quite enjoy having "multimedia trash" in my | search results. I learn best from multimedia like videos and | this feature sounds like it will be useful to me. I | additionally enjoy showing my friends short videos I found | entertaining, but frequently have trouble tracking down the | exact video I want to show them. | | To each their own! Happy New Year :) | [deleted] | awinter-py wrote: | if TT / IG retaliate with youtube excerpts in _their_ UI, these | companies are going to eat each other | jtsiskin wrote: | Are there about to be scraping wars between the FAANGs? | OzzyB wrote: | I hope they are not using something like `youtube-dl` to scrape | and download these videos to put them on their SERPs! /s | mkaic wrote: | _gasp_ Not that evil devil-tool, youtube-dl! | tmpz22 wrote: | _Don 't say its name_! ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-12-31 23:00 UTC)