Wall Street Journal Pulls Content Out of Google’s “First Click Free” Program (searchengineland.com) 4 points by angry-hacker 9y ago ↗ HN
[–] angry-hacker 9y ago ↗ > Those finding Wall Street Journal content are now getting a “Subscription” label appearing next to its links in Google News...That is a nice gift for them by Google. Normally, with a thin content like only a title it's impossible to rank. Especially for hot topics.
[–] jzl 9y ago ↗ HN should ban WSJ submissions in the wake of this as the "web" link is longer a workaround.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 14.4 ms ] threadThat is a nice gift for them by Google. Normally, with a thin content like only a title it's impossible to rank. Especially for hot topics.