Philosophy
This is not good news at all but time will determine its impact.
Google, which has come under fire for making newspaper content easier to read without buying a paper edition, made changes Tuesday to allow publishers more control of their content.
Google updated its First Click Free program to let publishers limit online readers to looking at no more than 5 pages of content per day without registering or subscribing.
"If you're a Google user, this means that you may start to see a registration page after you've clicked through to more than five articles," writes Google's senior business product manager Josh Cohen on a Google blog.
That way, the publisher still gets its articles indexed, while at the same time, can charge for reading. The pieces will be labeled as "subscription" in Google News.
Recently, the blogosphere has been aflutter over News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's suggestion that he might take Wall Street Journal online content (which is a subscription service) away from Google, because WSJ.com articles can be read for free via Google.
Google's new policy might help satisfy Murdoch -- but there are potential risks. Google says subscription content won't necessarily be at the top of the search findings. "That is not a decision we make based on whether or not it's free," says Google. "It's simply based on the popularity of the content with users and other sites that link to it."
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Philosophy
The shrinking Internet
This is not good news at all but time will determine its impact.
"Google to limit free newspaper articles"
by
Jefferson Graham
December 1st, 2009
USA TODAY
by
Jefferson Graham
December 1st, 2009
USA TODAY
Google, which has come under fire for making newspaper content easier to read without buying a paper edition, made changes Tuesday to allow publishers more control of their content.
Google updated its First Click Free program to let publishers limit online readers to looking at no more than 5 pages of content per day without registering or subscribing.
"If you're a Google user, this means that you may start to see a registration page after you've clicked through to more than five articles," writes Google's senior business product manager Josh Cohen on a Google blog.
That way, the publisher still gets its articles indexed, while at the same time, can charge for reading. The pieces will be labeled as "subscription" in Google News.
Recently, the blogosphere has been aflutter over News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's suggestion that he might take Wall Street Journal online content (which is a subscription service) away from Google, because WSJ.com articles can be read for free via Google.
Google's new policy might help satisfy Murdoch -- but there are potential risks. Google says subscription content won't necessarily be at the top of the search findings. "That is not a decision we make based on whether or not it's free," says Google. "It's simply based on the popularity of the content with users and other sites that link to it."
- Greed...the New York Times
A small notice placed in the upper right hand section of the online paper...A Change to Free Monthly AccessBeginning in April, nonsubscribers will have access to 10 free articles per month on NYTimes.com instead of 20. ----------Why is The Times changing...
- Google Video--gone
This sucks. Throughout this blog I have linked to Google Video material. I do not have the time to make corrections and apologize for the stupidity of Google's decision. There will be gaps in the blog's content. This is why I am very reluctant...
- Trouble In Internetland
“Our readers know that the Times brings them authoritative journalism, news and opinion,”...“and we believe they are willing to pay for that content online just as many of them are already paying a significant price for it in print.”--Arthur...
- After Five Clicks--you Pay...google And News Publishers
More details about the new relationship between Google and some publishers. "Placating Publishers by Limiting Links: A Google 5-Click FAQ" by Eliot Van Buskirk, Ryan Singel, and John C Abell December 2nd, 2009 Wired Google’s been taking it on the...
- "cuil" Again
Chris Wilson of Slate wrote: In a 1966 review of the new Random House Dictionary, Kurt Vonnegut wrote that the key to understanding a new dictionary was to "look up ain't and like." These two definitions are the quickest way, Vonnegut promises us,...