UK Newspaper Websites To Become Nearly Invisible

smooth wombat writes "Various websites have tried to make readers pay for access to select parts of their sites. Now, in a bid to counter what he claims is theft of his material, Rupert Murdoch's Times and Sunday Times sites will become essentially invisible to web users. Except for their home pages, no stories will show up on Google. Starting in late June, Google and other search engines will be prevented from indexing and linking to stories. Registered users will still get free access until the cut off date."

Comments

A great disturbance in the Force?

[kurokame]

It's as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced...but no one cared.

Re:And nothing of value is lost

[dintech]

Yeah it's a bit stupid but then dinosaurs always did have small brains.

Re:And something of value is gained

[dintech]

People will be less likely to come across Murdoch tripe on the web. This is a Good Thing, as it should reduce the number of victims of his misinformation.

Yeah exactly. If I wanted to pay to be lied to, I'd become a Scientologist.