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7.27.2003
Web Morons! KOTV - The News On Six: "You have chosen a page that doesn't exist or is no longer active" Ok, this has been an irritant for a while. Oklahoma has some of the worst news websites. Most of the time when you follow a link to one of the news sources located here in the OKieDome you end up with one of two results: 1) The page no longer exists, meaning they posted a story and have either removed it or deleted it. The story I was attempting to find on the KOTV website was posted Two Days Ago! A story about Nordam moving jobs from Texas to Oklahoma. But in their bid to be a bit player on the internet KOTV has made it nearly impossible for a person to read this story except for a brief period of time that it existed on the website. 2) Subscriptions. Its the web equivalent to putting a DEAD END sign at the beggining of your website. As it is I can access regurgitated AP stories on the Tulsa World website. But I can get them other places as well. Any content that might be unique to the Tulsa World website is down in the Cul de Sac where my stingy little self will dare not tread. More importantly I cannot LINK to any of the stories or opinions that are posted on the Tulsa World website because any reader from other places besides Tulsa will find the Member's Only sign flashed before their eyes. In essense this creates a black hole of news about Tulsa to the outside world. Do I really need to explain why this is bad? Why do I have to pay for certain sections of the online version of Tulsa World now? Can you imagine having to pay $45 a year to any and all newspapers that you would be likely to visit in the course of exploring the web. The reason why pay as you go on the internet is a non-starter is due to the very nature of the internet, where you will go from point to point as your interest leads you. You may only visit the Manila Times once as you read about how Rebels Have Returned to their Barracks, but it would be rather foolish to have to pay for a years worth of access just to read that one story! The same holds true for the Tulsa World articles as well. There may be just one story that a visitor wants as they scour the web for related content. But when they reach the membership page they just turn around and head the other way. I suspect its laziness but I could be wrong. Hey, while your at it, go listen to some Joseph Arthur: "Honey And The Moon" , free at Amazon. | |
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