Comments on: Encyclopaedia Britannica online goes sort of free http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Encyclopaedia Britannica goes social : NevilleHobson.com http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4719 Encyclopaedia Britannica goes social : NevilleHobson.com Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:30:12 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3008#comment-4719 [...] 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 Sen http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4718 Kunal Sen Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:30:34 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3008#comment-4718 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 <a href="http://(http://www.google.com/coop/subscribedlinks/directory/All_categories?start=10)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.google.com/coop/subscribedlinks/directory/All_categories?start=10)</a>. 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 Howlett http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4717 Dennis Howlett Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:57:19 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3008#comment-4717 yes it is - on purpose yes it is – on purpose

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.accmanpro.com/2008/04/19/encyclopaedia-britannica-online-goes-sort-of-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4716 Tom Raftery Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:59:01 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=3008#comment-4716 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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