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I hope Google News adds support for hiding sites that put their articles behind paywalls (perhaps manually on a per-user basis, like they've added support for i
by w1ntermute 16y ago
I hope Google News adds support for hiding sites that put their articles behind paywalls (perhaps manually on a per-user basis, like they've added support for in search results). I see lots of WSJ articles on Google News, and oftentimes I click on them before looking at the source, only to end up facing a paywall.
This problem's only going to keep getting worse as more sites start erecting paywalls, and there are plenty of people like me who have no interest in paying for an online news subscription and would appreciate the ability to completely hide those sites.
- jayzee 16y agoAll you need to do to read those articles is to paste the title of the article into Google and click on the first result from wsj. it will take you straight to the full article.
- w1ntermute 16y agoI didn't realize that would yield a different result from clicking on the article from a Google News page (isn't the HTTP referrer Google either way?). In any case, that seems like too much trouble (unless there is an extension to automate it), so an option to hide certain domains from Google News would be very helpful. Not to mention there are certain news sites (Fox News, for example) which I have no desire to visit regardless of whether they are employing a paywall.
- donohoe 16y agoMaybe you are - or not aware - But if you hit a NYTimes article via Google News you will not hit the paywall (unless you go over a certain number).