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Stupid pay wall.

jasondc 14y ago
To view any WSJ article, search Google News for the exact title. WSJ has a deal with Google to let visitors view the entire article.
- ahsteele 14y ago
  Great tip thanks!
- Zephyr314 14y ago
  link: https://www.google.com/search?q=In+Facebook+Deal%2C+Board+Was+All+But+Out+of+Picture https://www.google.com/search?q=In+Facebook+Deal%2C+Board+Wa...
- Schwolop 14y ago
  Is this only true for US visitors? It still doesn't work for me.
  - dasil003 14y ago
    Works for me from London.
  - namenotrequired 14y ago
    Works for me from the Netherlands.
- hartror 14y ago
  Deal? Or is this an artifact that Google doesn't index content behind a paywall so WSJ has to display the whole article to the Google spider and anyone who's refer is Google. If WSJ (or anyone else) doesn't want to lose the search engine traffic they're force to do this.
  - SomeCallMeTim 14y ago
    Right, and as of right now (past midnight MT) that trick isn't working any more.
    - nikcub 14y ago
      do it through Google News: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=au&tbm=nws&q=%22In+Facebook+Deal%2C+Board+Was+All+But+Out+of+Picture%22 https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=au&tbm=nws&#3... try running the search manually yourself. I had a feature in on of my chrome extension that would do this automatically but it was too flaky to release - but I did find that referrals from the news site worked most of the time.
  - sneak 14y ago
    No, they don't have to do this for anyone who's referer is Google. They could do it for just the Googlebot.
    - JoachimSchipper 14y ago
      Doing that will get you removed from Google's index, or at least severely penalized.
  - nl 14y ago
    It's a Google policy called "First Click Free": To implement First Click Free, you need to allow all users who find a document on your site via Google search to see the full text of that document, even if they have not registered or subscribed to see that content. The user's first click to your content area is free. However, once that user clicks a link on the original page, you can require them to sign in or register to read further. http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=74536 http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38...

Stupid pay wall.

To view any WSJ article, search Google News for the exact title. WSJ has a deal with Google to let visitors view the entire article.

ahsteele 14y ago
Great tip thanks!
Zephyr314 14y ago
link: https://www.google.com/search?q=In+Facebook+Deal%2C+Board+Was+All+But+Out+of+Picture https://www.google.com/search?q=In+Facebook+Deal%2C+Board+Wa...
Schwolop 14y ago
Is this only true for US visitors? It still doesn't work for me.
- dasil003 14y ago
  Works for me from London.
- namenotrequired 14y ago
  Works for me from the Netherlands.
hartror 14y ago
Deal? Or is this an artifact that Google doesn't index content behind a paywall so WSJ has to display the whole article to the Google spider and anyone who's refer is Google. If WSJ (or anyone else) doesn't want to lose the search engine traffic they're force to do this.
- SomeCallMeTim 14y ago
  Right, and as of right now (past midnight MT) that trick isn't working any more.
  - nikcub 14y ago
    do it through Google News: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=au&tbm=nws&q=%22In+Facebook+Deal%2C+Board+Was+All+But+Out+of+Picture%22 https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=au&tbm=nws&#3... try running the search manually yourself. I had a feature in on of my chrome extension that would do this automatically but it was too flaky to release - but I did find that referrals from the news site worked most of the time.
- sneak 14y ago
  No, they don't have to do this for anyone who's referer is Google. They could do it for just the Googlebot.
  - JoachimSchipper 14y ago
    Doing that will get you removed from Google's index, or at least severely penalized.
- nl 14y ago
  It's a Google policy called "First Click Free": To implement First Click Free, you need to allow all users who find a document on your site via Google search to see the full text of that document, even if they have not registered or subscribed to see that content. The user's first click to your content area is free. However, once that user clicks a link on the original page, you can require them to sign in or register to read further. http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=74536 http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38...