Comments on: Newspapers: Unlock the vaults to readership and revenue http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/15/newspapers-unlock-the-vaults-to-readership-and-revenue/ Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Gus http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/15/newspapers-unlock-the-vaults-to-readership-and-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Gus Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:13:29 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=266#comment-1395 I've been babbling to anyone who will listen about opening up our archives for free for about three years in our newsroom. And I too was told about the expense of such an approach. I think I even submitted this as one of my ideas to Sam Zell's IdeaBank whenever that launched many months ago. Anyway, I like your solution. I hope someone listens to it. <br><br>The millions of pages of archival content that we keep locked behind a wall has the potential to have a HUGE footprint on Google and elsewhere on the Web. I have little doubt in my mind that newspapers would be rewarded with huge jumps in their web traffic, both from readers who find them via search and by those who find them because bloggers were able to freely link to an old article. I've been babbling to anyone who will listen about opening up our archives for free for about three years in our newsroom. And I too was told about the expense of such an approach. I think I even submitted this as one of my ideas to Sam Zell's IdeaBank whenever that launched many months ago. Anyway, I like your solution. I hope someone listens to it.

The millions of pages of archival content that we keep locked behind a wall has the potential to have a HUGE footprint on Google and elsewhere on the Web. I have little doubt in my mind that newspapers would be rewarded with huge jumps in their web traffic, both from readers who find them via search and by those who find them because bloggers were able to freely link to an old article.

]]> By: Gus http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/15/newspapers-unlock-the-vaults-to-readership-and-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Gus Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:13:29 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=266#comment-1274 I've been babbling to anyone who will listen about opening up our archives for free for about three years in our newsroom. And I too was told about the expense of such an approach. I think I even submitted this as one of my ideas to Sam Zell's IdeaBank whenever that launched many months ago. Anyway, I like your solution. I hope someone listens to it. <br><br>The millions of pages of archival content that we keep locked behind a wall has the potential to have a HUGE footprint on Google and elsewhere on the Web. I have little doubt in my mind that newspapers would be rewarded with huge jumps in their web traffic, both from readers who find them via search and by those who find them because bloggers were able to freely link to an old article. I've been babbling to anyone who will listen about opening up our archives for free for about three years in our newsroom. And I too was told about the expense of such an approach. I think I even submitted this as one of my ideas to Sam Zell's IdeaBank whenever that launched many months ago. Anyway, I like your solution. I hope someone listens to it.

The millions of pages of archival content that we keep locked behind a wall has the potential to have a HUGE footprint on Google and elsewhere on the Web. I have little doubt in my mind that newspapers would be rewarded with huge jumps in their web traffic, both from readers who find them via search and by those who find them because bloggers were able to freely link to an old article.

]]> By: Gus http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/15/newspapers-unlock-the-vaults-to-readership-and-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Gus Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:13:29 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=266#comment-65 I've been babbling to anyone who will listen about opening up our archives for free for about three years in our newsroom. And I too was told about the expense of such an approach. I think I even submitted this as one of my ideas to Sam Zell's IdeaBank whenever that launched many months ago. Anyway, I like your solution. I hope someone listens to it. <br><br>The millions of pages of archival content that we keep locked behind a wall has the potential to have a HUGE footprint on Google and elsewhere on the Web. I have little doubt in my mind that newspapers would be rewarded with huge jumps in their web traffic, both from readers who find them via search and by those who find them because bloggers were able to freely link to an old article. I've been babbling to anyone who will listen about opening up our archives for free for about three years in our newsroom. And I too was told about the expense of such an approach. I think I even submitted this as one of my ideas to Sam Zell's IdeaBank whenever that launched many months ago. Anyway, I like your solution. I hope someone listens to it.

The millions of pages of archival content that we keep locked behind a wall has the potential to have a HUGE footprint on Google and elsewhere on the Web. I have little doubt in my mind that newspapers would be rewarded with huge jumps in their web traffic, both from readers who find them via search and by those who find them because bloggers were able to freely link to an old article.

]]> By: mark van patten http://timwindsor.com/2008/10/15/newspapers-unlock-the-vaults-to-readership-and-revenue/comment-page-1/#comment-58 mark van patten Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:43:19 +0000 http://timwindsor.com/?p=266#comment-58 Hi, thanks for your comment at <a href="http://MediaShift.com">MediaShift.com</a><br><br>The newspaper group at <a href="http://Linkedin.com">Linkedin.com</a> has a thread on newspaper firewalls.http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=99188 and I address paid archives.<br><br>We had a firewall for everybody (free for 14 days) but now only charge non-subscribers. Our royalties have hardly budged.<br><br>We're involved with the Google Newspaper Archives and I can't wait until they get this up and running. I think we will make more from AdSense because of the higher traffic volume from searchers. Hi, thanks for your comment at MediaShift.com

The newspaper group at Linkedin.com has a thread on newspaper firewalls.http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=99188 and I address paid archives.

We had a firewall for everybody (free for 14 days) but now only charge non-subscribers. Our royalties have hardly budged.

We're involved with the Google Newspaper Archives and I can't wait until they get this up and running. I think we will make more from AdSense because of the higher traffic volume from searchers.

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