Murdoch could block Google searches entirely

[Are_grits_groceries]

Rupert Murdoch says he will remove stories from Google's search index as a way to encourage people to pay for content online.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/nov/09/murdoch-google

There is a gawd!

[Ian David]

1. Yes! DO IT!!!! n/t

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. This is a threat? nt

[Ian David]

On the OTHER HAND...

Fox "News" Headline: "Is Barack Obama a child molester?"
Click here (paid subscription required):

...

Thank you, paid subscriber, for reading the article, "Is Barack Obama a child molester?"

DC- Is Barack Obama a child molester? Our sources say no.
Click here to return to Fox "News" Headline page.

[still_one]

8. If he thinks most of his viewers would pay for that content, that is funny /nt

[BR_Parkway]

12. If Mom's not charging rent for the basement, they should have some

disposable cash

[onehandle]

3. Oh, the great and powerful Oz! nt

[MineralMan]

4. Too funny! Murdoch's a moron.

"I don't want that stinking Google to even know I exist. That's how I'll make money. Yeah...that's the ticket."

[MineralMan]

5. The next thing: Shut down all Murdoch Web Sites!

Murdoch might say, "If they can't find the information on the internet, they'll just have to buy our newspapers, now won't they. I have a better idea."

[DontTreadOnMe]

6. I laughed at first...

then read most of the reply comments on the linked article. It seems
Rupert does indeed have a master plan:



"While it is true that with advancing years, even the sharpest intellect dulls somewhat, Mr. Murdoch should never be underestimated.

Rupert is aware that one of the biggest obstacles to his cunning plan is the BBC. This is why he despises the BBC: because they have entered the web and do what they have always done, which is to provide a highly respected international news service, free to the user, paid for by the UK television licence fee, with a bit of loose money on the side. The major benefit, of course, is its value as a propaganda instrument of the British government.

His newspapers have recently ditched the Labour party, with the prior knowledge that they are now unelectable (and deservedly so). Rupert's sudden swing back to the arms of his previous lover, the Tory party, further ensures their victory. Coincident with this, the Tories announce that when they are elected, they will launch a fundamental review of the BBC charter and the role of the organisation.

So when they are elected, the Tories will break the funding link to the BBC internet services, but continue to ban advertising, thus obliging the BBC to either charge for, or abandon, their web-based services. All of a sudden, Mr. Murdoch won't seem like the man of yesteryear any more...."

[NYC_SKP]

7. I'll watch FOX for free, but pay for it? LOL.

:rofl:

[L0oniX]

9. First of all thank you very much for cleaning up Google. ...uhm stories? ...more like fables.

[Cyrano]

10. Rupert Murdoch is one of the most dangerous people in the world

"The pen is mightier than the sword" has been a basic truth since the invention of the printing press.

Ignore Murdoch at your own peril.

[Are_grits_groceries]

11. I'm not going to ignore him.

He is still up to no good.

[get the red out]

13. And his spew is such valuable information!!!

Oh what would any of us do without his vile spew coming up on our Google searches? :sarcasm:

[yurbud]

14. He owns Google?

[yurbud]

15. doesn't he understand that fair use excerpts drive readers to the original site?

I don't go to newspapers and hope they'll have good stories that day, I go to sites that compile headlines and stories and follow the links of the ones that look good.