Yahoo! $earche$!
from the damn-this-silly-thing-called-a-business-model dept
Perhaps envious of Amazon's first profitable quarter, Yahoo! is launching a consumer-paid premium search service to supplement its revenue streams with some non-advertising dollars. Consumers will pay a few bucks to access the documents found throught the Northern Light powered search. I've played with it a bit, and it found some interesting hits, but I wonder how much true appeal it will have. Although I'm very curious what these articles say about techdirt -- but is it worth $2.95?Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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