Google no longer just "crawls" in the sort of general way that crawlers work to populate its search index, but also "scrapes", - that is to say they seek out specific information from some websites in order to display their data in the Google answer box, instead of directing you to their website to get that information.
While not illegal, I think it is unethical and breaks the symbiosis that their search engine had with the web.
While not illegal, I think it is unethical and breaks the symbiosis that their search engine had with the web.