Comments on: Rupert Murdoch: “I think we will remove our websites from Google’s search index”

By: Ashu

Ashu — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:37:55 +0000

Ooh ! finally , in a way this is absolutely critical . Seeing the way various search engines work , they pose a huge challenge to the media industry , rather every industry .
The resource that various organizations dedicate for generating content has to be managed , and should not be available for free , or atleast should cover the opportunity cost.

In producing content an organization spends X , the cost to generate or garner content cannot be compensated by providing the content for free through search engines and further by generating revenue by online advertisements , which in any case is miniscule .

By bringing in a system , further to Mr. Murdoch comment , I believe some sanity can be induced in the way internet business operates . Basically free content is a waste and needs to be contained at some point .

Also , I believe with a move like this internet domain shall become less cluttered and further create an opportunity for much serious vendors or absolutely innovative ventures .

By: Ashish

Ashish — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:59:25 +0000

Well..if Murdoch is thinking of this, imagine what’s happening to smaller publications..
This is harbinger of days to come.

By: kamal

kamal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:13:21 +0000

No one can set the rules of the game!!

PAY TO READ could have been a story of past. Now its time of open-free-mobile world!!

By: SRS

SRS — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:00:19 +0000

That is up to you to decide.

By: SRS

SRS — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:58:13 +0000

yes i agree

By: anubhav

anubhav — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:22:14 +0000

pluggdin rocking these days…TC is boring with twitter all over the place….

By: anubhav

anubhav — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:15:47 +0000

Murdoch and likes should know: the process is irreversible:-)

By: sangeeta

sangeeta — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:31:08 +0000

This is news.. Even Murdoch hasn’t figured out how to make ‘serious money’ from online advertizing.. This space should be interesting to watch – how do you prevent news from ‘spreading’ if it’s on an easily reproducible medium like Internet..Though specialized news providers like Bloomberg and WSJ can continue to be premium/paid due to their professional value-add and niche audience, online news publications providing general stories may face tough times putting a price to read their content.

By: The Big K

The Big K — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:44:30 +0000

Am I on TechCrunch or what?

By: Me..

Me.. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:06:26 +0000

yes, its very much needed.. Search engines supposed to give the website, not d contents.. I’ll die hard to gather all the data about a article these guys simply index it and dispaly in one single place.. who knows whether they are changing the data and updating the sytems (E.g. Maps, Local Services) Do you think they are collecting their data.. So we need sort of consortium about what to index and what not? Moreover, if so they have to pay the money to the ppl..

Am I ryt?