"Fee" Web Content Accessed by Yahoo! Search Subscriptions by Barbara Quint, Newsbreaks (Jun 27)
"With the beta launch of Yahoo! Search Subscriptions (http://search.yahoo.com/subscriptions) in the U.S. and the U.K., Yahoo! will enable users to simultaneously search multiple online subscription content sources and Web sources from a single search box. Initial content sources include ConsumerReports.org, IEEE, Forrester Research, the Wall Street Journal Online, the New England Journal of Medicine, TheStreet.com, and the Financial Times."
Right now no money is involved - there are no ads and Yahoo is not receiving money from the providers.
Google also has arrangements with many publishers for Google Print and for journal articles (usually for a fee from the provider). There is speculation that Google will be able to charge for content using the new Google Wallet.
Further comments by Barbara Quint about Yahoo Search Subscriptions in Varying Content Commitments from Vendors for Yahoo! Search Subscriptions
Quint interviewed the major vendors. "Conversations with the major database aggregators entering the program indicated very limited content, which is apparently designed not to experiment with reaching the world of Web users promised by Yahoo! but to avoid any threat to existing enterprise sales."
Article has details on the extent of the information being provided to Yahoo and concludes that it is very limited. But that may change.
Posted by Gwen at June 28, 2005 11:50 AM