The web link at which top? The link on news.ycombinator.com, which I was responding to, goes to a paywall teaser.

Just below the headline in hackernews, you'll see a small "toolbar" of links:

> N points by someone 2 hours ago | flag | hide | past | web | N comments | favorite

The OP was referring to the one that says "web"

Interesting, didn't realize the Hacker News had a paywall workaround built in.

Let's just hope Rupert Murdoch doesn't sue us all.

I hope he does try to sue for a link to google which has a link to his own site which behaves in a certain way based on the if HTTP_REFERER header says it was from google. He could stop the behavior at any time by changing his own code. It would set a good public precedent to help curtail such buffoonery moving forward.

"94 points by dcgudeman 1 hour ago | flag | hide | past | web | 95 comments | favorite"

The "web" in this line, just below the title. It takes you to a google search.

The link at the top of the google result of the headline you should search. (But if you enjoy the WSJ, consider picking up a subscription or a paper from time to time.) :)

That hasn't worked for me, for several months now. I've had good luck with a Firefox add-on called Paywall-pass, though.

Rather than a down-vote, I'd be interested in some suggestions about what I'm doing wrong.

1. Click "web" (or alternately, Google the title of the article, verbatim from the article itself)

2. Click the appropriate link from Google, so that my referrer will be google.com.

When I do that, I still get the pay-walled article. I've tried deleting my wsj cookies and doing the same. I've tried using another computer on another network, with the same result.

That raises two questions for me: What am I doing wrong? Why do I get dinged without explanation for suggesting a second approach that does work for me?