Google to set limits for free web news

Web users who click on more than five articles a day from the same internet source will be directed to payment or registration pages. The new system will run using First Click Free, a programme that allows publishers to promote their content and users to see if they like the news source prior to paying a subscription fee for it. Publishers will now have more control over who is viewing their sites and the move comes after a number of companies have claimed that Google is profiting from their content.