> Why? Search is a service provided by a company trying to make money, just as a...

> Why? Search is a service provided by a company trying to make money, just as a retailer.

I don't have any horses in this race, so I am not trying to take anybody's side, but since you ask, here is my opinion:

A retailer is by default selecting what items to sell.

A search engine is by default crawling everything.

So one is kind of opt-in and the other opt-out.

CaptSpify on Dec 6, 2017 [–]

That's what a search engine should be. Google has strayed far away from that already.