Comments on: Layoffs at major news sources http://www.researchgoddess.com/2008/05/layoffs-at-major-news-sources/ Remember where you came from... and always reach back. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:12:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: tinkertim http://www.researchgoddess.com/2008/05/layoffs-at-major-news-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-338 tinkertim Wed, 28 May 2008 11:38:10 +0000 http://researchgoddess.wordpress.com/?p=284#comment-338 I really don't get it. The NY Times has not only been the front runner in catering to on-line readers, they have also innovated various ways of using (and contributing to) free software to ensure that their sites remain available. Similarly, the BBC has come up with 'perl on rails'. I think its time to fire up various tools to map link relationships on major news sites. They must be shooting themselves (unwittingly) in the foot. The content is free, great, interesting .. getting to it and convincing Google to index it must be the problem. While, yes, indy news sources have gained public preference .. fact checking against established sources is far from going out of style. Could be the ads, could be the layout, could be a number of things.. but its not an incidental trend. Major sites must be inflicting this on themselves. Cheers, --Tim I really don’t get it. The NY Times has not only been the front runner in catering to on-line readers, they have also innovated various ways of using (and contributing to) free software to ensure that their sites remain available. Similarly, the BBC has come up with ‘perl on rails’.

I think its time to fire up various tools to map link relationships on major news sites. They must be shooting themselves (unwittingly) in the foot.

The content is free, great, interesting .. getting to it and convincing Google to index it must be the problem. While, yes, indy news sources have gained public preference .. fact checking against established sources is far from going out of style.

Could be the ads, could be the layout, could be a number of things.. but its not an incidental trend. Major sites must be inflicting this on themselves.

Cheers,
–Tim

]]> By: Jim Stroud http://www.researchgoddess.com/2008/05/layoffs-at-major-news-sources/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Jim Stroud Fri, 23 May 2008 18:09:53 +0000 http://researchgoddess.wordpress.com/?p=284#comment-337 So how long before there are no more papers and everything is digital? So how long before there are no more papers and everything is digital?

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