| It is not a new concept, It is not even something | | | | services available world wide including in areas that |
| that has not been done before. What is it? It is the | | | | would be hard pressed to gain access to even basic |
| buzz going around that companies may start charging | | | | necessities. We have also seen the world open up in |
| people to access and read the news! Who is behind | | | | the form of communication. Today people are |
| this crazy change that may come to the world wide | | | | meeting and getting to know more people than |
| web soon? Newspapers and magazines have the | | | | anyone ever has been able to before. Online |
| most to gain from charging people to read their | | | | communities and website have allowed us all to be |
| articles online. For a number of years now these | | | | closer to each other whether it be just within the |
| companies have been struggling to survive in a world | | | | family, friends, or even different cultures. So when it |
| where information online is so readily available that | | | | comes to a few companies wanting to charge for |
| they have seen fewer and fewer sales of their | | | | their information I think it will prove a bad direction |
| paper versions. Other companies have also begun to | | | | for them to go. For one thing, even if they try to |
| look at this idea of charging for content to visitors. | | | | protect that information from leaking out beyond |
| So why would they do this? It all comes down to | | | | their own domains there are so many other choices |
| one simple fact. More and more information can be | | | | out there that readers will just go elsewhere. In the |
| found online for free. Due to this proliferation of free | | | | end they will be left with just those loyal readers |
| information, companies that rely on making money | | | | that prefer to get their news from a favored writer |
| from news are hurting more and more. Also even | | | | or in a certain format. |
| though all this information is usually plastered with ads | | | | No matter what becomes of world of advertising and |
| not enough of us humble internet users are clicking | | | | business we can be sure that the world wide web |
| on those ads and buying products to make up for | | | | won't be going anywhere! I am sure it will change and |
| the lack of sales in real world papers and magazines. | | | | grow in many ways and maybe even morph into a |
| So where is all this leading us? Will we have to pay to | | | | totally new experience for all of us as the world |
| start visiting websites that contain important | | | | continues to change in ideas and technology. That is |
| information and things that interest us? Well here is | | | | what makes the internet so fascinating though, and |
| my take on how things should or could be. | | | | so alluring to almost everyone. So will i pay to read |
| The internet or world wide web or whatever you | | | | an article or find some information? Certainly; |
| want to call it is wild animal. It seeks to devour all | | | | because I already am paying for it by using the |
| information and ideas that are out there from | | | | internet through my local provider just as is almost |
| everyone and everything. This is a good thing though | | | | everyone else in the world. Will I pay anything extra |
| because as a result individuals, families and businesses | | | | to access information from certain companies? Who |
| both small and large have gained access to virtually | | | | knows; I guess it just depends on how bad I want it |
| anything they could ever want or need. As a result | | | | and if I can find the information elsewhere. What will |
| we have seen a boom in the variety of products and | | | | choose to do? |