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Google Responds: No,That’s Not How Facebook Deal Went Down (Oh, And I Say: The Search Paradigm Is Broken)

John Battelle's Searchblog

In that story, I reported about 2009 negotiations over incorporation of Facebook data into Google search. In 2009, we were negotiating with Facebook over access to its data, as has been reported. To claim that the we couldn’t reach an agreement because Google wanted to make private data publicly available is simply untrue.”.

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Predictions 2025: Tech Takes the Power Position

John Battelle's Searchblog

Reasoning agents that book your travel, negotiate your insurance bills, or manage your calendar simply will not work if they are beholden to the same business models currently driving Big Tech. One of my very first posts, more than 20 years ago, described “ the database of intentions ” created by our search queries.

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