If hits are so important to a newspaper’s website…
Posted: December 21, 2009 Filed under: Journalism | Tags: Feeds, Google, Guardian, Hits, RSS 1 Comment »…why don’t they limit the amount of an article that goes to a feed reader?
For example, with Google Reader, I can pretty much read the Guardian in its entirety without actually having to click through to the website. Why don’t they limit the amount of an article that feeds through to readers, teasing you to click through and read the story in full on the website? It’s not just the Guardian who do it, either.
Maybe I’m being stupid – am I missing something?
I’ve long thought that full-text RSS feeds would be an obvious way of charging for a “premium” service. The thing is, very few people actually use them.