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Posted by Paul Furman on 08/12/07 02:08
Paul B wrote:
> I'm wondering why clicking on a subscriber-only link in a google
> news search enables the viewer to go to a full text article,
> while copying that link to another program and then clicking it
> will only bring up the teaser page.
>
> Apparently google has an arrangement with the WSJ that allows
> entry.
Yep, it looks that way.
> So when I did a search and came to the page
>
> http://news.google.com/news?num=100&q=%22cancer+drug+fails%22&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn
>
> the link
>
> http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=46b1a92ca48e5b16&ei=Ja-xRofeMZ6uoAKbvLWpBQ&url=http%3A//online.wsj.com/article/SB118601609662585565.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&cid=1118789436
>
> was presented. I think you'll find that from your newsreader the
> first link will get you in while the second one won't (unless you
> have a wsj subscription, of course).
>
> Just wondering what's going on here.
Cookies.
I get in with the first link, then the second link no. Then I go back to
the first link and it doesn't work either because they gave me a cookie.
If I remove that cookie, the first link works again.
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