Comments on: Blog Whoring http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:56:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Erik R. http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2302 Erik R. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:54:58 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2302 Interesting. Well it looks like I won't be doing this after all. My curiosity in participating isn't worth risking offending the Big G that watches over us. I'm glad I ran this by you guys. Thanks for your input. Interesting. Well it looks like I won’t be doing this after all. My curiosity in participating isn’t worth risking offending the Big G that watches over us.

I’m glad I ran this by you guys. Thanks for your input.

]]> By: arun kamath http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2301 arun kamath Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:30:46 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2301 Well I have joined two sites which don't require to disclose that you are being paid to write. <a href="http://www.smorty.com/?B=3040" rel="nofollow">smorty</a> and http://www.buyblogreviews.com/welcome.php?id=221001 Well I have joined two sites which don’t require to disclose that you are being paid to write. smorty and
http://www.buyblogreviews.com/welcome.php?id=221001

]]> By: michael http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2300 michael Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:58:54 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2300 we have a person on staff full time writing blog posts now. definitely talk to james and john about this. we have a person on staff full time writing blog posts now. definitely talk to james and john about this.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2299 sgazzetti Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:25:44 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2299 I had heard about that, too. Not long ago I came across a similar post by a guy who, like you, just wanted to do it a few times, kind of ironically, kind of just to see what it was all about. After just a little while, Google dropped his page rank and the "opportunities" dried up. I don't think it's something you want to get involved with. But I have heard that the noodles from MHNATY are indeed the BEST NOODLES EVER. I had heard about that, too. Not long ago I came across a similar post by a guy who, like you, just wanted to do it a few times, kind of ironically, kind of just to see what it was all about. After just a little while, Google dropped his page rank and the “opportunities” dried up. I don’t think it’s something you want to get involved with.

But I have heard that the noodles from MHNATY are indeed the BEST NOODLES EVER.

]]> By: Lance http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2298 Lance Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:25:36 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2298 I used to run a blog with a toolbar page rank of 5 — not exactly "weather.com", but respectable nonetheless. It's not like the money was rolling in. (What did come in came through blogads, as we eventually pulled Google's ads because the income wasn't worth the screen real estate.) There's room to optimize the site's ad practices, but I doubt that would put the site over $6,000 or $7,000 a year in ad revenue, which is minimum wage for a 28-hour per week job (assuming two weekly days of rest and two weeks of vacation). I put that kind of time into it when I ran the site mostly solo, and I'm sure that the group running it now puts in at least that much time altogether. Mileage will vary, but I'll hazard a guess that you'd need to enter the top 5% of bloggers in your field before making anything near what the time you spend blogging is worth. I used to run a blog with a toolbar page rank of 5 — not exactly “weather.com”, but respectable nonetheless. It’s not like the money was rolling in. (What did come in came through blogads, as we eventually pulled Google’s ads because the income wasn’t worth the screen real estate.) There’s room to optimize the site’s ad practices, but I doubt that would put the site over $6,000 or $7,000 a year in ad revenue, which is minimum wage for a 28-hour per week job (assuming two weekly days of rest and two weeks of vacation).

I put that kind of time into it when I ran the site mostly solo, and I’m sure that the group running it now puts in at least that much time altogether.

Mileage will vary, but I’ll hazard a guess that you’d need to enter the top 5% of bloggers in your field before making anything near what the time you spend blogging is worth.

]]> By: Erik R. http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2297 Erik R. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:23:41 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2297 Found some links. <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/16/payperpost-bloggers-get-slammed-by-google/" rel="nofollow">PayPerPost Bloggers Get Slammed By Google</a> <a href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/12/payperpost" rel="nofollow">PayPerPost Fights Back Against Google</a> <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/29/payperpost-users-freaking-out-over-google-pagerank-nuke/" rel="nofollow">PayPerPost Users Freaking Out Over Google PageRank Nuke</a> Very, very interesting. In that case, maybe I won't do this. Thanks for that, arun. Found some links.

PayPerPost Bloggers Get Slammed By Google
PayPerPost Fights Back Against Google
PayPerPost Users Freaking Out Over Google PageRank Nuke

Very, very interesting. In that case, maybe I won’t do this. Thanks for that, arun.

]]> By: Erik R. http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2296 Erik R. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:09:21 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2296 How so, arun? I haven't heard of that. (I'm <i>very</i> new to this) It makes sense, though. Google's often one step ahead of people trying to best the PageRank system. How so, arun? I haven’t heard of that. (I’m very new to this)

It makes sense, though. Google’s often one step ahead of people trying to best the PageRank system.

]]> By: arun kamath http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2295 arun kamath Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:52:16 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2008/03/29/blog-whoring/#comment-2295 What da ya think about google slapping payperpost bloggers. What da ya think about google slapping payperpost bloggers.

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