Saturday, December 6, 2008

Paying for the Web

Just about everyone types w-w-w-dot (insert favorite organization) to get news these days. But, no one wants to pay for it.

Papers a have to pay reporters, producers, videographers, photographers, etc. Where does the money to do that come from? Ads. Ads. Ads.

Yes, those annoying pop-ups, scroll-downs and side bars that show up whenever a user logs-on.

Technically there are two other ways to pay for Web site usage—subscription fees and value added service—but the most common way are ads, so don’t get too annoyed the next time you type in w-w-w-dot and get a pop-up.

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