Google’s new news archive search is maybe just a start. Lots of articles are behind pay walls, and the number of sources are limited. But still, what a start! As with so many other of Google’s new, imperfect services, this one lets you just guess at the potential. Imagine the timeline with a broader selection of sources. Still, to now have gems at your fingertips like an in-depth profile of “this pudgy, stoop-shouldered, tooth-brush-mustached but magnetic little man”, published on Monday, February 6, 1933…
Time Magazine is very well represented with free articles and deserve praise. But these samples just leave you craving for more. It’s always a bit strange when old stories are presented in the same layout templates as the magazine from 2006. I know they must earn ad revenues, but what about creating a special template for this material? And, sometime, pdfs of the original magazine story…
