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Yahoo! Launches Pay-Per-Search

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the second-rate-search-costs-more dept.

vasah20 writes: "ZDNet.com has this article saying that Yahoo is starting a pay-per-search service for 'premium documents,' in attempt to offset some of its revenue losses. Maybe it's just me, but if people can already find the most relevant results on Google, what are the chances anyone's gonna use this service?"

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  1. Hell, I'd pay... by Saint+Aardvark · · Score: 0, Troll
    As long as my website was listed first, and had lots of those "Cool Site!" icons beside it.

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  2. phase out free content by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I would guess that this is the beginning of sites phasing out content from their free searche sites that companies have paid a fee have be listed on search engines. It's the only way that sites such as Yahoo will be able to sell their "premiere" account fees to companies.

  3. Re:If you can get it, you can get it for free. by jargoone · · Score: 2, Troll

    Web hosting? If you're just putting up photos of your dog there are free hosting sites.

    That depends on what your dog is doing in those pictures. I'm sure certain things would violate the TOSes of certain providers. =]