Would You Pay A Penny Per Page?

nebby writes "How Stuff Works is running an article regarding the "penny per page" model for web site compensation. It sounds like a very viable solution, being simple to understand, transparent to use, and fair to the webmasters and users involved. The only downside to it is that it would require a massive effort on the part of web sites, standards bodies, and/or ISPs to switch over. I know that methods of online payment have been brought up before, but in searching on Google I found no information about any groups or companies looking seriously into moving to this model. I was wondering if any such groups or initiatives have been put together, and if not, why not? :) It doesn't take much to imagine the possibilities of what the web could become if this were put in place ..." Penny-per-page actually sounds like one of the better micropayment ideas I've heard, but is just as vaporous as any of the others so far.

Comments

Re:What exactly is a "page"?

[zerocool^]

What about sites like Slashdot, where new content slowly encroaches upon old?

I think you're missing the big picture here - the quality of the content on slashdot will go down the tubes because no one will preview their comments before submitting them!

oh well, here come the tpyo's

~z

Re:That's REALLY expensive

[clary]

Absolutely...I'd hit the "cap" every month. From the article...

Let's say that you sat in front of your computer 8 hours a day and looked at a new page every two minutes without interruption 20 days per month.

Two minutes!?!? When I am cruising around looking for something, I probably average more like a page every two seconds.