A Google cedeu às intenções das editoras e vai permitir que estas definam um limite máximo de artigos a que que os internautas podem aceder gratuitamente, através da pesquisa de notícias Google, uma medida que desvaloriza o serviço de notícias Google, e lhe retira importância enquanto agregador.
Google to Let Publishers Limit Free Articles
By Dunstan Prial
FOXBusiness
In an apparent concession to angry news organizations, Google said Tuesday it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles readers can view for free through the Internet giant’s search engine.
Google will let publishers limit readers to five free articles per day.
The move comes as news executives have escalated their criticism of Google, which they accuse of reaping billions of dollars in profits by publishing free content. Meanwhile, many news organizations are struggling as advertising revenues have dwindled in recent years.
Critics have included News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, who has specifically targeted aggregators such as Google News that pull together snippets and links to news from a variety of sources. Aggregators, according to the critics, collect advertising revenue for these snippets without compensating the news organizations that produce news stories.
Murdoch has threatened to block Google from displaying its news articles and has reportedly held talks with Microsoft about giving its Bing search engine exclusive access to some or all of News Corp.’s news content.
News Corp. is publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones and NewsCore. The Journal already levies subscription fees for access to some of its content online. News Corp. is also publisher of FOXBusiness.com.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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