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Everyone loves to have free services instead of even paying the slightest money for subscription. But the reality of the future, from what I see, is that GOOD content will come with a price tag. Whether it might be small, it will still come with a price. Just like watching cable TV versus the free local channels. If you want that quality, you will probably end up paying for it. Here is my two minute take on monetizing the future of web content.
Privately ran blogs, will turn towards selling paid subscriptions, which will end up being the majority of revenue even if they continue to sell advertising space. I don't think that public news corporations will sell subscriptions to their online properties, but you never know.
On another note, people will probably stop visiting average blogs, with no reader benefit all together. There is just too much worthless information on the web these days, and the days for that information are numbered. Charging for awesome content will end up wiping the worthless content off the grid too.
People will pay for this content also because we will all be used to paying a dollar or two to watch that favorite online TV show of ours. Of course there will always be those who get upset over paying small fees to watch or read their content, which is when the stolen content and distribution issues will end up being a problem, also known as piracy.
You may argue that sites or content providers won't gain new viewers or readers, but there will probably be some free stuff still given away- kind of like trailers to movies.
Oh and if you don't believe me, some have already started to charge. Just check out Loren Feldman's 1938Media.com. His content is obviously top notch- and he is charging for it- AND people are willing to pay the small price tag.
What do you think about the future of web monetization?
