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Google To Limit Free Access To Online News

 
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Google to limit free access to online news
Publishers will be able to set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through Google using the First Click Free initiative

By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor
Published: 4:25PM GMT 02 Dec 2009

The First Click Free initiative will ensure content remains discoverable but allows companies to implement paywalls, says Google
It means that content providers, such as newspaper publishers, will be able to restrict how many stories people are able to read online for free.

The move comes just weeks after Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, which owns newspapers such as the Sun and the Wall Street Journal, announced plans to start charging readers for accessing online content. Another newspaper publisher, Johnston Press, has also said it would start charging for some of its online content, including local newspapers such as the Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman.


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Microsoft to pay websites to remove content from Google Under the new Google initiative, publishers can join a special program, known as First Click Free, which allows Google to index content on the publisher's website but prevents users from reading other articles on that site without first registering or signing up to a subscription package.

Josh Cohen, a senior business manager at Google, said it meant that publishers could ensure their content was "discoverable" while still being able to maintain their own paywalls.

"The user's first click to the content is free, but when a user clicks on additional links on the site, the publisher can show a payment or registration request," wrote Mr Cohen on a blog post. "First Click Free is a great way for publishers to promote their content and for users to check out a news source before deciding whether to pay.

"Previously, each click from a user would be treated as free. Now, we've updated the program so that publishers can limit users to no more than five pages per day without registering or subscribing."

The changes mean that Google users could start seeing registration pages appear when they click on the same First Click Free member website for a sixth time in a single day.

"We're going to keep talking with publishers to refine these methods," wrote Mr Cohen. "After all, whether you're offering your content for free or selling it, it's crucial that people find it. Google can help with that."

Google's role as a news aggregator has been widely criticised in recent months. Robert Thompson, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, described websites such as Google as "parasites" and "tech tapeworms in the intestines of the internet", while Rupert Murdoch said search engines "steal our stories".

Mr Murdoch said newspapers needed to do "a better job of persuading consumers that high quality, reliable news and information does not come free".

But Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, said that newspaper publishers were in "digital denial" and needed to "stop whining".

“The written news industry is currently in a state of flux, with dwindling revenues threatening long-established publishers," said Patrick Charnley, a solicitor with law firm Eversheds.

"The emerging business model is ill-defined at present, but limiting Google's free dissemination of news is a vital step towards any attempt to erect pay walls".
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[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]


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Has anyone noticed that the Drudge has less news on it's site?
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Just utilize a couple different proxies and get it all for free.
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i thought some news sites did this already.
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They're slitting their own throats. The MSM can't control the net so they're taking themselves off the net to try and force people back to reading newspapers and watching TV for their information.

People will get their news from blogs, chat sites(like GLP), Twitter and independent news wires.

Their plan is an epic fail.
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i thought some news sites did this already.
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Huffington Post I believe
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They're slitting their own throats. The MSM can't control the net so they're taking themselves off the net to try and force people back to reading newspapers and watching TV for their information.

People will get their news from blogs, chat sites(like GLP), Twitter and independent news wires.

Their plan is an epic fail.
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agreed, just going to be harder to find.
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Their plan is an epic fail.
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exactly. Everybody has been getting it for free for over 15 years. You think they will pay now ?

It's over. The control mechanism on information is over.

Thanks to Al Gore who invented the internet.
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12/02/2009 10:23 PM
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Who gives a crap. Who gets their news from Google, anyway? My theory is that news will always be free, because it's in their best interest to propagandize us, keep us in fear
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12/02/2009 10:42 PM
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good, less MSM propaganda in the pipe
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Re: Google To Limit Free Access To Online News
They're slitting their own throats. The MSM can't control the net so they're taking themselves off the net to try and force people back to reading newspapers and watching TV for their information.

People will get their news from blogs, chat sites(like GLP), Twitter and independent news wires.

Their plan is an epic fail.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 645034


Pretty much.

Pissing people off is not an effective way to get them to buy your crappy newspaper.
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CUNTS. Keep it up, the ALTERNATIVE MEDIA LOVES WHEN YOU LIMIT YOUR SHIT CONTENT. burnit
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12/03/2009 03:01 PM
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Yes, it's like the local crack dealer giving the kiddies free high quality samples to get them hooked, and then making them pay more later.

The online porn industry already does this, giving free videos and then making viewers subscribe to get more. The online porn system is the trend setter in Internet presentation, so keep an eye on that website design to see the future of the Internet. Not the content, but the display.

It was a matter of time until the internet media execs got nauseated from giving the masses free things for nothing but page hits. Now they are slowly weaning netheads into the next phase of total Internet domination, which is to give a little free, and the rest at a price. Soon everything that was once free will be at a price, even google. Mark my words!
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Wow, I'm really going to miss reading The Sun, the paper that makes PAC's thread titles seem credible. :D





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