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    It's difficult to second-guess a successful media mogul like Rupert Murdoch, but this time I think it is a huge mistake removing his sites from Google Full Article at E-Commerce Times
    It's difficult to second-guess a successful media mogul like Rupert Murdoch, but this time I think it is a huge mistake removing his sites from Google
    – Mark Glaser SOURCE: E-Commerce Times 4 weeks ago
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  1. Given the WSJ's success, I think this is a best-case test scenario for whether for-pay online news can make it
    SOURCE: E-Commerce Times 4 weeks ago
  2. The WSJ's success can be interpreted in one of two ways -- people will pay for quality business-focused information, or people will pay for a conservative view on business and society
    SOURCE: E-Commerce Times 4 weeks ago
  3. News organizations are in complete control over whether and how much of their content appears in search results. Publishers put their content on the Web because they want it to be found, so very few choose not to include their material in Google News and Web search ... But if they tell us not to include...
    – Chris Gaither SOURCE: E-Commerce Times 4 weeks ago
  4. The user's first click to the content is free. When users click on additional links on publishers' sites, the publishers then can show a payment or registration request. It's a simple system that lets readers test-drive a news source before deciding whether to pay, and it helps publishers promote their ...
    – Chris Gaither SOURCE: E-Commerce Times 4 weeks ago

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