Comments on: Opening Our Wallets for Quality Content

By: tigertwo

tigertwo — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:04:59 +0000

@Kerry I think there is a possibility, but the content needs to be niche, relevant and proven to be of good quality. I think a better model would be to provide the first few articles free after which time you can subscribe to unlimited content – almost to prove the worth of the publication. The democratisation of content has meant there is a lot of poor information out there so there has to be an effort made to prove that it is otherwise.

@seo services I agree, particularly when it comes to daily news. But if it is something that does get your interest – i.e. something you are passionate about, would you be comfortable paying for that?

@Oscar – I completely agree with you, as I said to Kerry. It is naive to think that people will just roll over and pay just because the media company decided they should.

@Justin – perhaps there is junk even off the internet. I have read some absolutely awful books and been angry that I had to pay for them too. But then I use internet reviews etc. for my filtering. Maybe there needs to be more reviewing of web content?

By: Kerry

Kerry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:44:59 +0000

Do you think to enable consumers to read the content they desire, a pay per article model could be enforced? And the option to subscribe to unlimited content..

By: seo services

seo services — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:55:14 +0000

I don't like the idea of paying to view the news. Unless the content is really interesting. I don't want to lose small amount of money just for a small news that doesn't get my interest.

By: Oscar Del Santo

Oscar Del Santo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:24:44 +0000

I think Nancy is absolutely right here that the 'everything for free' days are numbered and that quality will in the long run prevail.

Having said that, I still believe that publications that start charging out of the blue are in for tough times unless they can indeed prove beyond doubt they are simply worth it.

By: Justin Cross

Justin Cross — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:14:58 +0000

Nice article, and I completely agree. Creating good quality content takes time and money. Unfortunately filtering out the good stuff from the bad requires a good deal of junk getting read in the process. I think we humans have some way to go to get the best out of the internet we created, but hopefully the fact that it helps to bring us all closer together will be a good thing in the long run.