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Surely someone at WSJ is wondering "Hey, this article is doing really well in organic search. Our numbers are up, great job everyone."
by irollboozers 12y ago
Surely someone at WSJ is wondering "Hey, this article is doing really well in organic search. Our numbers are up, great job everyone."
- jonnathanson 12y agoI'm not a paywall advocate, fwiw. I think it's a suboptimal monetization strategy that often directly conflicts with distribution and UX. That said, I don't think it's ipso facto ridiculous. There are better ways to monetize, but not monetizing is not an option for WSJ.
- bduerst 12y agoUnless they use referral page to identify aggregators (Reddit, Digg, HN, etc.) as a specific channel. For a news website you would hope they do, otherwise their marketing dept isn't doing a very good job.