Google Using CSE’s Content Against Them?
June 29th, 2010 admin
I can see how CSE’s would be pleased when they first saw Google aggregating their merchant reviews and displaying them on Google Product Search. It justified their place in the shopping ecosystem as a relevant source for information about the trustworthiness of online retailers. It also acted and still acts as a motivating factor for merchants to use those CSE’s survey systems to collect more consumer reviews for display not only…
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