I couldn't find the original topic for this so have started a new one.
Anyway, by now we all know that Rupert Murdoch carried out his plan to put The Times websites (News International) behind a paywall and remove its news listings from Google. Most people who understand how the internet works figured this would be a disaster.
Then in August Comscore claimed that visits to the related websites had fallen from 2.2 million July to 1.6 million in August. That's quite a drop but perhaps nothing unexpected. Now it looks like the situation is a lot worse, with advertisers and PR people walking away from The Times because its closed nature means that any stories they give the paper probably won't get a wide enough airing.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100903/16545310903.shtml
We haven't seen any official stats from The Times yet but it will be interesting to read when they do finally surface. At least their readers have plenty of rivals to choose from, which account for most of the internet.
Anyway, by now we all know that Rupert Murdoch carried out his plan to put The Times websites (News International) behind a paywall and remove its news listings from Google. Most people who understand how the internet works figured this would be a disaster.
Then in August Comscore claimed that visits to the related websites had fallen from 2.2 million July to 1.6 million in August. That's quite a drop but perhaps nothing unexpected. Now it looks like the situation is a lot worse, with advertisers and PR people walking away from The Times because its closed nature means that any stories they give the paper probably won't get a wide enough airing.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100903/16545310903.shtml
We haven't seen any official stats from The Times yet but it will be interesting to read when they do finally surface. At least their readers have plenty of rivals to choose from, which account for most of the internet.