This post is copied from Thaivisa forum since Thaivisa forum like to copy from other sites I am sure they understand the joke 🙂 Bangkokpost.com do not just ban Thaivisa.com but all media that not using RSS so this blog is affected as well. We do not use RSS and will no longer send traffic to Bangkokpost.com starting from this post.
Thaivisa.com has already a deal with The Nation and i think Bangkokpost.com will suffer from this.It would be fun to see how many that go from Thaivisa.com to Bangokpost.com every time they publish news from Bangkokpost.com
Bangkok Post bans Thaivisa from using its content
BANGKOK (thaivisa.com): — The Publisher of Bangkok Post, Post Publishing PCL, has informed Thaivisa.com that they have joined the “Society for Online News Providers, (SONP)”, and their policy is apparently that RSS feeds are the only way for other web sites to republish news articles.
Given their request that no content be published on ThaiVisa unless as an RSS feed, which is an automatic feed with no commentary, Bangkok Post articles can no longer be published in any ThaiVisa forums from now on since the forums are not an RSS feed.
“Thaivisa must respect Bangkok Post’s new policy, but we are sort of sad to see them go away. We have a very different vision than the Bangkok Post about the future of community networking”, says Barry Main, marketing director of ThaiVisa.com.
“But no worries, we have The Nation and The Phuket Gazette already on board, and we are soon hooking up with other local news sources. Our goal is to serve our members with a mixed and balanced news feed. Bangkok Post has changed this balance, at least for now”, says Barry Main.
Avoid content from Bangkok Post
For legal reasons, and to protect the website and its members, Thaivisa.com must comply with this new policy and urge all members to avoid all Bangkok Post content, advising its members to find alternative content instead.
Members quoting or posting Bangkok Post content will be warned by our moderating team, and the post will be deleted without warning.
Bangkok Post’s web traffic is in sharp decline according to Google Trends.
The ban on Bangkok Post articles is in effect immediately.
