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To: TopQuark

“That website has not been free for years now. “

Actually, if you access WSJ-online via entry from a google search, you can see read whatever you want there for free. WSJ-online wasn’t willing to give up the traffic hits received via google. Many of the pay-walled sites operate the same way. It’s pretty much the only way to stay relevant on the web, too. A completely walled-off site becomes largely irrelevant. AOL proved that a decade ago when they had to give up their walled compound when the Internet tsunami swamped their playpen


56 posted on 03/17/2011 11:57:16 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from the right stuff!)
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To: catnipman
Thank you for your clarification, but that is really a detail. You are referring to two different market segments. WSJ has decided to service “searchers” free of charge. We were discussing “readers,” however, and those are charged for access.
58 posted on 03/17/2011 12:13:09 PM PDT by TopQuark
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