(Entry was posted by Brenda Malone on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 04/22/2021).

Google updated their robots last night

Google updated their robots last night. They are getting into the used car business.Google just added these to their robots.txt overnight: Disallow: /local/cars/Disallow: /local/dealership/https://dbaplatform.com/car-dealership-inventory-on-googlehttps://www.google.com/local/cars

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Brenda Malone: https://dbaplatform.com/car-dealership-inventory-on-googleThis is big!

DBAPLATFORM.COMDealership Inventory Program - dbaPlatformDealership Inventory Program - dbaPlatform
Perry Bernard: Only a matter of time before this extends into all kinds of verticals.
E Dieter Martin: They used to have car search sometime in the 2000-oughts. Was quite handy.
Perry Bernard: Expect some more ways to monetize this once established.
Jim Munro: Google is such a warm and cuddly jar of leeches,
Perry Bernard: Given time, if your business wants leads or sales, you won`t use Google Ads, you will use Google Sales Desk. Google will set the price for your customer and manage all of the acquisition. You no pay, you not get. Just add you CC details here.... done.
Melissa Baroni: Not just used. My employer is in the pilot as well:https://www.sincrodigital.com/.../Google-Cars-For-Sale-Pilot

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Richard Hearne: Melissa Baroni can you disclose the revenue model?
Melissa Baroni: Richard Hearne it`s still very early days, but we`ve been able to use it as a value-add to our products. The team leading the pilot on our side has been able to guide Google as they continue to refine Cars for Sale. What will be interesting will be crunching the data that comes out of the pilot. We`ll also see if Google decides to charge for it in some way down the road. Yay pilots!
Brenda Malone: Can Google EVER be stopped?
Perry Bernard: Brenda Malone Iâ€™m worried the answer to that is a big fat NO. Hoping otherwise though. It will take governments and global business leaders to keep it in check.
Jim Munro: Google owns them all.