How will the consumer experience benefit from more search innovation on the open web? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and ...

Google privately told a federal court that “the open web is already in rapid decline,” a sharp reversal from its public claims that search traffic is booming — and a stunning admission as the Justice ...

In a notable shift from its recent public statements, Google has now acknowledged in a court filing that "the open web is already in rapid decline." The admission, flagged by industry observers and ...

What’s in store for the open web in 2025? We asked ad tech industry leaders for their predictions. As the open web becomes increasingly saturated with content and new websites, the risk of advertising ...

Google is asserting that web traffic is not suffering because of AI tools and that its search engine directs visitors to an unprecedented array of websites. But last week, Google contradicted this ...

As long as I've known it the internet has always been a rapidly changing phenomenon. From humble beginnings it has grown into a world-connecting platform by evolving to meet the needs of the public, ...

Two initiatives to create a more open web, where users are in control of their own digital identities and data, may be coming together. At SXSW 2025, entrepreneur Frank McCourt, whose Project Liberty ...

In her latest column for ExchangeWire, Shirley Marschall discusses whether rumours of the death of the open web have been greatly exaggerated, or whether the prevailing tides can indeed be turned.

Google is under intense scrutiny for making contradictory statements about the health of the open web, even as publishers and industry critics are seeing issues with how it siphons content for its ...

The open web is dead; long live the open web. It’s healthy; it’s full of opportunity; it’s doomed; it’s a mess. Also, what even is the open web, and do consumers care about the definition? This is the ...