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What kind of a paywall does WSJ have? I always get a wall. Is it X articles free per month, or do they allow only crawlers on their sites?
by ffpip 6y ago
What kind of a paywall does WSJ have? I always get a wall.
Is it X articles free per month, or do they allow only crawlers on their sites?
- bamboozled 6y agoI’ve seen other sites that do the same, it’s as if they just have a paywall permanently now and only say you can get a few free articles rather than mean it. You can never seem to trick it even if you want to...
- jdc 6y ago... it's almost like their server knows you're a person and not a crawler
- kyrra 6y agoThey used to allow crawlers and Twitter and some other links through, but they're almost entirely behind a paywall now.links through Facebook or Twitter may still work, but they definitely do not work through Google anymore.
- paulie_a 6y agoI blocked them from my Google feed as well as numerous other ones. I'm not going to pay to see ads