Will "Paid" be the future of online business?

It is very vast issue. But if we will consider the competition factor in market then i don't think so that the major part of population go for "PAID" products. For example; We all know about Google, let assume that if Google will charge from everybody who will search any content then demand of Google definitely go down & shifted to any other searching engine which will free.

I think so it maybe one of the main reason who are considered by Online sites... And imagine about future competition is not relevant.... 

Nothing is really free. Even the so called "free to play" model used by online virtual worlds and social games weaves an intricate business model based on virtual goods, in the gameplay. Advertisements in various forms are always there.But if we are just talking about a model involving direct subscription /paid membership or pay per service request, then it can be argued that all economies in the world are not yet ready for it. In the US there is a great deal of online purchase of content and virtual goods. But countries like India are yet to mature in that aspect.

Another important aspect is that the world wide web represnts free information and content for the people of the world. For this view to change is not easy. Looking at various aspects it can be safely said that free content is likely to continue but content owners will probably have to develop innovative schemes of making money fromthe system.

The last point I want to mention is that, free content necessarily does not mean false information. The veracity of the information depends on the strength of the community and the active role played by voluntary editors and moderators in the community.

 It is a myth that most of the online business over Internet is free. Even while surfing for information, the users are subjected to view commercials (advertisements).

 Putting advertisement in Internet web pages, organizing Webinars (Web conferences), setting a web site as a virtual office and other business promotion activities are still adequately effective and relatively cheaper in comparison to other medias.

E-commerce is getting popular where people are already making payments for buying products and some critical services. E-governance is bound to be very effective and the Internet users will get more accustomed to paying bills, filling forms and submitting financial returns.

It is very unlikely that the web site owners would risk their revenue earned through advertisements or brand positioning and ask for payments for seeking basic information, using email, social media participation and some entertainment services in the near future.