Comments on: Johnston Press’s pay wall falls over.. http://jasonroe.me/johnston-presss-pay-wall-falls-over/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=johnston-presss-pay-wall-falls-over Search engine optimisation, Social networking and Jasons random thoughts Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:32:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank Prendergast http://jasonroe.me/johnston-presss-pay-wall-falls-over/#comment-43345 Frank Prendergast Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:15:52 +0000 http://jasonroe.me/blog/?p=1098#comment-43345 It's a shame they're not ready to make a public comment, particularly since the trial was only scheduled for three months - I get that two of the publications appear to have ended the trial early, but without comment it's hard to draw substantive conclusions. Here's another interesting look at the negative effects of paywalls, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/dec/03/memories-paywall-pioneer" rel="nofollow">Salon.com's thoughts on their paywall experience</a>. However I do think that all paywall experiences will improve if the large organisations put their paywalls back up thereby making paywalls more acceptable. It makes it very difficult for regional publications to charge when so many large media brands are free. It’s a shame they’re not ready to make a public comment, particularly since the trial was only scheduled for three months – I get that two of the publications appear to have ended the trial early, but without comment it’s hard to draw substantive conclusions.

Here’s another interesting look at the negative effects of paywalls, Salon.com’s thoughts on their paywall experience.

However I do think that all paywall experiences will improve if the large organisations put their paywalls back up thereby making paywalls more acceptable. It makes it very difficult for regional publications to charge when so many large media brands are free.

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