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Web Caching: Google vs. The New York Times
An anonymous reader writes "The Google cache is a popular feature among karma fetishists. Many stories with links to the NY Times attract comments pointing to Google's copy of the article. This gives readers access to the content without registering. C|Net reports that Google is in talks with the NY Times to close this backdoor. The article raises some general concerns regarding the caching of webcontent. Shouldn't the NY Times simply tell Google not to cache their site?"
Can't recall exactly how many other people I know who go to see a NYT article, find the rego page, and ignore it to go find a better news source without the hassle.
A "better news source" than the New York Times?
Jayson Blair scandal aside, I defy you to find a better news source than the NYT in the United States.
If they're tracking what their users are do, they're affecting their user pool in a pretty negative way just by using this method.
They know what they're doing -- if the effect of registration was really that bad, they would have stopped years ago. You and your friends do not represent the average newyorktimes.com user.