Every time I receive a notice from Education Week touting it's temporary free "Open House" where the average-Joe can finally access the on-line articles without paying subscriptions fees, I wonder when they'll finally figure out:
- Each of their articles are actually available for free on-line sooner or later with a little creative effort.
- If it's not freely available on-line in this day and age, it's relevance is dropping like a lead weight in the deep ocean.
I offer the link in case you're curious what all the paid-subscription fuss is about. Otherwise, I've got too many great items in the free pile to worry about the few still charging subscription fees.
Yeah, get some Google ads if you need to pay for your site. I just can't imagine paying for text information online.
Posted by: Rick | January 17, 2007 at 09:39 AM
You are right, Wes Fryer, myself and many others have commented on this in the past and it's becoming more obvious - or maybe it isn't as there are really two groups that are going to go after this information.
There are those that want it now (paying) and those that can wait (free). The trick is that many of us who are tech savy are willing to wait, but others (many who are in admin positions in school systems) are not, and they need/want the information right away and are willing to make the creative investment of a credit card.
Posted by: Raj | January 17, 2007 at 01:12 PM