Frédéric Filloux: "Death reports of paid-for models on the Internet have been greatly exaggerated ... Truth is: the fully paid-for model doesn’t work online, unless it is: a) highly specialized (financial information and services, for instance), or b) provides unarguable value added (e.g. premium dating, tax or accounting services). Now the free model is facing a new hurdle: with this recession, advertising is suffering way more than expected. Further, alarming trends preceded the recession: click-through rates were falling, and the display ad system was labeled as a no-future thing." Read More...