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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Just to through out my two cents... I think there is an inverse relationship between free info/pay info vs audience.
For example, everyone pretty much needs search engine / email / etc... so those types of information/services can work with an add supported model.
However, information such that is more detailed... for example, articles on the care and feeding on Ninja Attack Squirrels. The market will be much smaller so an add supported site probably won't make ends meet. Espessially if they pay for quality writers with NAS expertise.
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These are pretty valuable two cents, IMO.
Just one caveat: if you DRM the paid-for info to death, and make it hard to use freely, then you turn off many potential customers and feed the "piracy" movement.
Most magazines do this, through proprietary services like Zinio. That's why I don't have subscriptions anymore. Notable exception is Scientific American, which provides perfect PDFs, including issues from their archives - totally worth the subscription price, IMO.