The Future Of Online Business

That is also VERY TRUE. I do it all the time.

You bring up a good point! However there's always
specialties and knowledge that come only from experience.

Also, training products give the element of speed
so people don't have to waste a lot of time (valuable
more than money) to hopefuly find what they need.

Not to mention a lot of what is circulating out there
is really misinformation.

I agree that time and convenience are the main reasons people will continue to buy information. But, there are a few other reasons as well.

First, the search engines are no longer as helpful as they used to be. For example, the sheer volume of websites on any given topic compared to the limited spaces for top search results. Few people will go past the first page search results, which means a lot of good content could be missed.

That is what contributes to the time and convenience factor -- not everyone wants to really dig for that free information. Not only that, there is some luck involved as well, depending on which combination of search terms a person uses. You could miss some critical information because you picked the wrong search terms for what you want (how determined are you to find that information?, how many keyword variations do you try? how many link trails do you follow?)

Another reason is because there is so much crap out there. Not only do you have to spend time searching, but you have to be an expert sleuth to figure out if what you're reading is legitimate or not (that happens with paid stuff as well, but free stuff is worse).

Finally, there is no resource, paid or free, that gives you everything you need to know about any given topic. If you are not researching, studying, taking notes, comparing notes, and masterminding with other people -- you are probably wasting a ton of time and consuming a ton of inaccurate and incomplete information.

The good news is, if you are thinking correctly and working correctly, all information can be used to your benefit. You can take the free information and supplement it with the paid information (this is where you fill in a lot of blanks in the information). You can take bad information and expose it, fix it, or file it away as a potential trap to avoid in your own life or business.

It all depends how well you understand your niche and how much effort you are willing to put into your learning efforts. But, paid information will be around for a long time. As long as there are new ideas, new systems, and new technologies, there will be a need for well organized, high-level content.