| Google deal limits news views for some publishers Looks like Google has caved in to Rupert Murdoch's threats and has worked out deals to limit looking at news stories to 5/day on those publishers who want this deal.
»tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091201···iagoogle
Google on Tuesday said it will let publishers set a limit on the number of articles people can read for free through its search engine.
Google said publishers can join a First Click Free program that lets the Internet firm index website content but prevents Web surfers from having unrestricted access once they reach the online locales. An Internet user's first click leads to the desired Web page, but attempts to delve deeper into a website are routed to payment or registration pages, according to Google.
"Now, we've updated the program so that publishers can limit users to no more than five pages per day without registering or subscribing."
The change announced Tuesday means Google users may start seeing registration pages pop up when they click for a sixth time on any given day at websites of publishers using First Click Free, according to Cohen. I wonder if this well known Google bypass to registration will still work?
Sticking this in front of the news URL: »www.google.com/url?q=
Example: »www.google.com/url?q=http://onli···491.html
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