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Summary: WHAT A DISASTER SINCE THE CHANGES!!!
Review: As a subscriber to online WSJ for over 2 years I have reviewed the changes to the site and have come to the following conclusions:
1. The new site is cluttered.
2. The new site has terrible, distracting colors.
3. The new site is disorganized, with way too many bells, whistles, features, and options.
4. The new site does not allow me to read the WSJ paper the night before, with the same simple layout as printed copy, therefore, rendering it useless to me.
5. The old site was much better, both easier to navigate & read.
6. Without a "classic" feature, which simply allows me to read the same paper as the printed copy, with a similar layout as was previously available, I will cancel the online service.
7. I read the discussion boards. I am in the majority. THE NEW SITE STINKS!
Mark Porter
West Chicago, IL
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Summary: best paper in the country!
Review: As a WSJ journal addict who is traveling a great deal, I found it better to eliminate my paper subscription and go electronic. At first, I had both the print and online versions, but I found the paper version wasteful as it still contains stock quotes and large print ads on stock offerings. While I have no way of knowing if other reviewers have a different online WSJ with pop-up advertisements, which I doubt, there are none on mine. In fact, the online WSJ is vastly more streamlined than Forbes, Fortune, CNN, etc. The clutter-free layout allows for easy navigation. The content of the WSJ is unparalleled. What makes the online version so powerful for business research, lead generation and job hunting is the search capability. My major complaint is that free search only goes back for thirty days. For those who want to pay [$] per article, you can use the advanced search page and access Factiva/Dow Jones, which covers hundreds of publication both large and small. Dow Jones argues that they have to compensate the content owners. Yet, they don't even offer WSJ articles that are already owned. If you are looking for business ideas or contacts, the WSJ is an excellent publication. The online WSJ makes gathering this information less consuming than the print version.
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Summary: Powerful Business Tool
Review: As a WSJ journal addict who is traveling a great deal, I found it better to eliminate my paper subscription and go electronic. At first, I had both the print and online versions, but I found the paper version wasteful as it still contains stock quotes and large print ads on stock offerings. While I have no way of knowing if other reviewers have a different online WSJ with pop-up advertisements, which I doubt, there are none on mine. In fact, the online WSJ is vastly more streamlined than Forbes, Fortune, CNN, etc. The clutter-free layout allows for easy navigation. The content of the WSJ is unparalleled. What makes the online version so powerful for business research, lead generation and job hunting is the search capability. My major complaint is that free search only goes back for thirty days. For those who want to pay [$] per article, you can use the advanced search page and access Factiva/Dow Jones, which covers hundreds of publication both large and small. Dow Jones argues that they have to compensate the content owners. Yet, they don't even offer WSJ articles that are already owned. If you are looking for business ideas or contacts, the WSJ is an excellent publication. The online WSJ makes gathering this information less consuming than the print version.
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Summary: best paper in the country!
Review: Best business and best op-ed. I hope I dont have credit card probs!
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Summary: Minus 1 star for customer service
Review: Customer service sucks, but i put up with it because you just can't beat the content.
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Summary: Don't use your credit card; order this subscription pack
Review: Don't use your credit card to subsript to the online WSJ, or your credit card info will be kept on their web site(even after the transcation) and you will be bound by the contract for renewal. To get off the contract, you have to make a personal call to the customer service. It is a shame for such a prestigious business journal to take this porn site approach. I have been reading the WSJ for more than 10 yrs, and I notice a recent drop of quality in its articles. (research/foreign staff cut?) Because of that, I no longer read the WSJ daily. I turn to the Business Week for weekly summary, and the McKinesy Quarterly Review and the Harvard Business Review for more business reading. The online WSJ used to be a nice companion to the printed version while I was on the road. But the new design of the online WSJ web site is so difficult to use and confusing that now I'll just watch CNBC/CNN fn in the hotel room instead.
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Summary: Top dollar product
Review: Gives you extensive access to thw WSJ and Barrons web sites. Very helpful.
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Summary: Great source for the latest information.
Review: I had subscribed to the Wall Street Journal (paper edition) for several years and found it to be one of the best sources of information (financial and other) available. When Dow Jones decided to make the same information available via their web site, I subscribed immediately. Recently, I dropped the paper edition, and now only subscribe to the online version. So, what's so good about this website? If you read the The Wall Street Journal regularly, you will have access to information that the general public only hears about several days later through standard media outlets. I found this to be the case time and time again. I would read some random article on Monday, and the following Thursday or Friday the local or national news would be featuring a "late breaking" story that was almost word-for-word what I had read about in the journal earlier! The website, while not perfect, allows you to search for specific articles, research various companies, and retrieve stock quotes. Yes, almost all of these features are available for free on other sites, but you get it all here in one place. The editorial section, while usually conservative, is well written and often has guest authors who are very "deep" in their particular subject area. In some ways I miss the paper edition. You can take it with you, read it on the bus, sit outside and read it, etc. However, the benefits of the online edition more than make up for these deficiencies. I recommend this publication in the online format. For me, it has been money well spent.
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Summary: Site full of blinking ads. Don't use credit card.
Review: I have been a subscriber for a few years with one year time out. I can tell you that over the years amount of flashing ads is at the point that I can't read anymore. Try reading a newspaper with warms crawling all over it. Good luck. And we have to pay for this??? No way. If I have to have blinking ads I can find enough publications for free. In addition, when I was on vacation and I didn't have fast Internet connection I was unable to get to the site on dial-up modem. Simply pages were loading too slow. On one occasion my laptop froze when some kind of video ad was trying to run. Save yourself a hassle. Get a newspaper. Their rate is going up to $79 a year. Also as others have mentioned there is a hassle when you want to cancel subscription. First you have to dig in the website to find any cancellation information. Finally, when you find it you will learn that you have to call them or send a cancellation letter. They do not provide mail address, however, so you have to call them. You should expect better service from Wall Street Journal. MB
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Summary: top notch news and easy access!
Review: I subscribed to the print edition 3 years ago, since then
had had no time to read the paper daily and saw the paper
piling up and go to waste. I regretted my subscription because
of this. But, the WSJ is just essential reading for me, so for the
past year I would drop by the library on the weekends and
peruse the sections that I wanted to, and save the wastage
of paper and money. Getting to the library though, was a bit
dodgy due to my schedule,their hours of operation etc. Now, that the WSJ is available online I rely on this edition,
not only for WSJ, but The Economist, Scientific American, National Geographic etc. I highly recommend the WSJ online subscription.
I find I do not need to spend my time at the library on
this reading but other browsing, and I can read this from
a computer anywhere. The site/publication is not graphics
heavy and remains as always an extremely well written, well thought out newspaper edition. All the benefits of the newspaper without the paper. :) If you have the ability to afford slightly less than a
dollar a week on an electronic subscription I recommend
you give this a try, [ they have an online trial subscription] and then sign up for the year's subscription... Enjoy! cheers,
Mary
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