Sphinn - New York Times to End Paid Web Service

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Sphinn It!

Went Hot: August 7, 2007 - 7:24 pm
Posted By: qwerty 698 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://news.yahoo.com)
Category: Google Searching

After all the discussions of cloaking, approved cloaking, and Google finally deciding to label pages that require a login, it looks like the NYT -- who were accused of getting away with approved cloaking -- will be dropping their practice of charging for access to some content.

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from Eavesy 698 days ago #

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About time!

from Justin-Goldberg 698 days ago #

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I wonder if this will help their rankings, since this is good for their users. If it does then it gives more credence to the google guidelines.

from AdamAudette 698 days ago #

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Nice find Bob! Guess we won't have to use the NYT latest headlines section to get paid content for free anymore

http://nytimes.blogspace.com./ :)

from seobook 697 days ago #

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>If it does then it gives more credence to the google guidelines.

Not really. It gives credence to creating and sharing value. Few companies will be the record keepers of history. Being stuck behind a closed wall makes it hard to keep enough authority to keep that market position and market influence.