That is not a very generous attitude towards those creating free content (or any sort of content) out there for you. Not everything in this world needs to be o

That is not a very generous attitude towards those creating free content (or any sort of content) out there for you. Not everything in this world needs to be optimized for speed and productivity. Where is the room for artistry and craftsmanship? There are many out there who write and create content for the joy of writing and for helping out others. Not everyone is trying to maximize on profit. Sure, there are probably billions of SEO spam pages out there now which serve no value other than improving the site's page rank, but you can't generalize that this is true of all sites. It may be harder to find quality content (see the top thread of today on Google search for more on that), but it is still out there. Also, you can definitely "flip through" a webpage. Easier than a book in fact. And you can even cmd+F and search to see if something you're looking for is in there.