Comments on: Encyclopaedia Britannica online goes sort of free http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/ never knowingly under opinionated Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:02:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Encyclopaedia Britannica goes social : NevilleHobson.comhttp://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-185139 Encyclopaedia Britannica goes social : NevilleHobson.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:30:12 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3008#comment-185139 [...] Dennis Howlett’s post yesterday has this opinion: […] People pay for scarcity and while you can argue that Wikipedia trumps Britannica because of the cost element, I know which I prefer to use as a primary research tool. Britannica will develop an alternative business model that allows it to attract revenue but quite how that shapes up remains to be seen. If it chooses to drop its annual charge for full access, then it could develop deeper resources paid for on an ‘as required’ basis. [...] [...] Dennis Howlett’s post yesterday has this opinion: […] People pay for scarcity and while you can argue that Wikipedia trumps Britannica because of the cost element, I know which I prefer to use as a primary research tool. Britannica will develop an alternative business model that allows it to attract revenue but quite how that shapes up remains to be seen. If it chooses to drop its annual charge for full access, then it could develop deeper resources paid for on an ‘as required’ basis. [...]

]]> By: Kunal Senhttp://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-184994 Kunal Sen Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:30:34 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3008#comment-184994 Dennis, EB is actually indexed by all search engines for many years. However, since parts of the site is only available to subscribers, one may not be able to get to everything. Also, EB articles don't always rank as high as Wikipedia, but an individual can solve that by subscribing to Google's Subscribed Link program (http://www.google.com/coop/subscribedlinks/directory/All_categories?start=10). Dennis, EB is actually indexed by all search engines for many years. However, since parts of the site is only available to subscribers, one may not be able to get to everything. Also, EB articles don’t always rank as high as Wikipedia, but an individual can solve that by subscribing to Google’s Subscribed Link program (http://www.google.com/coop/subscribedlinks/directory/All_categories?start=10).

]]> By: Dennis Howletthttp://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-184915 Dennis Howlett Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:57:19 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3008#comment-184915 yes it is - on purpose yes it is – on purpose

]]> By: Tom Rafteryhttp://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-184904 Tom Raftery Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:59:01 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3008#comment-184904 Dennis,your blog is only publishing partial feeds.I hope this is not on purpose.Tom Dennis,

your blog is only publishing partial feeds.

I hope this is not on purpose.

Tom

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