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NZ Herald links

September 28th, 2005 at 4:36 pm by David Farrar

As reported the NZ Herald is not blocking access to old stories (it is to new opionion articles though), it has merely made its internal search engine generate links which require paid access. One can use Google search engine to get around this.

A clever chap or chapette invented a little script which will take the NZ Herald internal search engine link and transform it to a direct free link. This appears to be legal because the NZ Herald has decided to make both links available – it merely finds them for you.

As with most Net wars, the NZ Herald has moved to plug this loophole, but the author is promising a second version which will use a different method.

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2 Responses to “NZ Herald links”

  1. NZPundit Says:
    September 29th, 2005 at 5:43 pm

    Giving credit

    DPF has had more fun than most at the expense of Christian Heritage after former leader Capill was convicted of one of society’s worst crimes. Frankly, the Party may as well have painted a target on itself, metaphorically speaking, and…

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  2. francis Says:
    September 30th, 2005 at 12:30 am

    I’d guess they’re just testing the readership waters, David. They don’t seem to be terribly clear, internally, about what’s the precisely right thing to do. But search puts an immense strain on servers. Recouping the cost is always worth looking at, especially if it is couched as a convenience tax.

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