First Monday, Volume 6, Number 9 - 3 September 2001

What next for Internet journals?: Implications of the trend towards paid placement in search engines

Robin Henshaw

Abstract


Free online journals have long had a difficult time surviving on the Internet. One method of article discovery for these publications has been through the use of Internet search engines. Will these journals and other non-profit organizations be lost in the Internet's black hole with the advent of paid placement, inclusion, and submission?

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