You should be familiar with CCN if you are active in cryptocurrency. CCN is a Blockchain News site, which is one of the two news sites I am actively browsing. And it announced to be shutting down on the 10th of June.
活躍於加密貨幣的朋友，應該對CCN都很熟悉吧！CCN是一個加密貨幣的新聞網站，我平時看加密幣新聞主要看兩個網站，其中一個就是CCN了。這個誕生於2013年的新聞網站，卻在昨天宣佈倒閉，算一算時差，在亞洲應該就是今天的事了。
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Born in 2013, CCN is currently one of the major Blockchain News sites. Why is it shutting down so suddenly? It’s because of Google’s June 2019 Core Update. After the update, the traffic of CCN dropped 53% and daily income even dropped 90%
CCN可是加密貨幣新聞網的老牌網站了，也是最主流的網站之一，竟然也會突然宣佈倒閉？它倒閉的原因是Google算法的更新。Google的搜索排名算法在今個月6日進行了更新，更新後，CCN的流量下跌了53%，而日收入更是暴跌了90%。
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CCN is an independent media without investor or big boss. It couldn’t stand for the loss and didn’t want to downsize and finally, it chose to shut down. CoinDesk, CoinTelegram, and other non-Blockchain sites also suffered from it.
由於CCN是獨立媒體，沒有投資者或財主，它們不能承受這樣的損失，也不想縮減公司規模，只好選擇倒閉。同時，CoinDesk及CoinTelegram，與及其他非加密貨幣新聞網都經歷了流量的下跌。
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It’s very scary news. A major Blockchain News site just shut down because of an update of Google!? At the same time, several websites benefit from this update. We can see that Google is controlling us!
看完這段新聞，我覺得非常可怕，一個主流的新聞網站，只因Google的一次算法更新，就完蛋了。而相對的，也有不少網站因這次更新得到流量的暴升，我們能夠看到，Google可說是主宰了大家的生命。
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Although CCN isn’t a perfect site, it’s good. But its life is under the rules of Google. Just because nearly all the ads are on Google. Websites can only follow the rules of Google to earn.
I think of the Ecology of Content Platform. The value of works from composers, artists, depends on agencies, publishers, platforms, but not its real value. Readers and audiences can only accept the price (value) decided by them. According to statistic, Google earned $4.7B from Searching Engine and News, and none of the content is composed by Google. Really composers earned nothing from it. I believe all of you are clear the importance of decentralization.
Likecoin, BAT, Snax, all are giving me great expectation, the expectation of readers deciding the value of a work. And now, I wish Steemit, Steem Engine, SCT, AAA, etc, can bring us to the new world of content platforms!
雖然CCN不是一個完美的網站，但也是出色的，卻要活在Google的規則下，任其決定生死，只因全球的廣告商都大規模在Google下廣告，而各網站要有廣告收益，就得遵從Google的遊戲規則。
這讓我想到了內容平台的生態，創作者們的作品價值不在乎它真正價值，而是在發佈商、發佈平台、中介商等人去決定，而讀者或觀眾們，則要被動的接受這些中介商提出的價值收費來欣賞作品。根據統計，Google在搜索及新聞業務上2018年賺了47億美元，但當中的內容全都不是Google創作的，而真正的創作者卻未能從中得益。相信，大家都很清楚去中心化的重要性吧。
Likecoin、BAT、Snax的出現，都讓我產生期待，由讀者決定價值的期待，而現時，我希望Steemit，及衍生的SCT、AAA等，能為內容平台帶來新的局面！
Posted from my blog with SteemPress : http://aaronli.steemblogs.club/ccn-is-shutting-down-because-of-googles-core-update/