Competition with Blogger
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I saw that Blogger improved itself and it allows adsense so that users can make money as well. How does Blogger compare with WordPress?
How should WordPress move ahead? Should it also allow template changes and adsense?
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Ummmm … I hope you have read what Matt has said about the ad testing going on right now
” … What are our future plans? There have been a fair number of requests for an Adsense widget so it’s still on our mind as a paid upgrade. Before that, however, we will probably do something that you have more control over such as Amazon or Goodstorm integration.” -
My bad…I don’t read the forums that much…Thanks timethief.
I just wish they will allow us to head off with adsense soon. -
These paid upgrades that wordpress did and talking about doing more of is extremely stupid, why should wordpress users have to pay for adsense while blogger does not. What about the people who can’t afford to pay for the CSS upgrade and or the adsense widget if they decide to make that a paid upgrade also. Doesn’t seem fair that the people with little money should be limited on wordpress.com blogs which are free to the public.
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Patriotsfan,
Wordpress also needs money. Don’t you know the simple economics of life?
I am fine with the wordpress team giving paid upgrades but all I was saying was that if wordpress allows adsense for a trial period, it would open a new window for them to make money later on as well. -
WordPress also needs money. Don’t you know the simple economics of life?
Granted yes but I’m thinking that they have enough revenue resources coming in that it’s not as big of an issue that you think it may be.
Ditto on assuming that allowing Adsense will raise buckets of money overnight.
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drmike,
you have to diversify your portfolio if you want a minimum variance in revenue. Adding new sources is certain to reduce the risk associated with future growth trend…And, where did I say they will make money overnight??? Hopefully, I ain’t blind…
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And, where did I say they will make money overnight
You didn’t. Other folks have stated so previously here in the forums. A quick search of the Adsense topic will show that this topic has come up many times over the last year. Many times. Over and over again. *sigh*
I agree with the different sources of income though. I do webhosting and Adsense fills a niche. A rather small niche for my company’s bills (Less than 1% of income) but it’s there.
Blogger has other issues that WordPress doesn’t have to deal with. Security is the big one that comes to mind. I could probably teach my ex how to hack Blogger in about 10 minutes.
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I heard people earn a couple of thousands every month if they are specialized in top-paying keywords. Isn’t this a pretty decent income?
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Is it really happening, though? Can you give us a link to a specific example earning “a couple of thousands every month”?
If you want adsense, you can find your own webhosting (and free hosting does exist) and install WP.org software. Control your template, control advertising, no restrictions. If that’s what you want it’s already available.
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Are the ads one of the reasons that Blogspot blogs can take so long to download… when they do?
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I would expect you’re right, but there is also the fact that they allow you to load your blog with a lot of dynamic javascript, which takes longer to load as well. Overall I find them glitchy; there are system-wide outages uncomfortably often.
I do know ONE blogger making a comfortable living at Blogspot: Guido Fawkes, who has the #1 political blog in the UK. The others all seem to make the majority of their money doing something else (and Guido’s part of a political blog-based advertising cooperative as well, so he’s competing with Adsense on his own blog). Until you’re getting over five thousand hits per day on a consistent basis, I would expect this wouldn’t be a practical route.
Again, there is WordPress software available to you at no charge, should you want to host ads or sell directly through your blog. You just stick it in your own webspace and away you go.
nosy, the shoeblog has GOT to be Manolo’s shoeblog, and he’ll be the first to admit it’s not making six figures a year; he has an entire NETWORK of blogs, including fashion blogs for men and women, accessory blogs for each, shoe blogs for each, and so on. He’s a very busy boy, but I’d be surprised if he was making that much from his blogs; he’s got a column in the Washington Post though, which maybe was added into the account?
Perez is the #1 blog in the universe at the present instant, and he doesn’t seem to be making a snotload of cash (unless you factor in all the free clothes every time he changes size). And he’s not at blogspot either, he’s got moveable type I believe.
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Ok blogmates, let’s just keep on blogging and plugging, while keeping our minds open to opportunities. Then maybe, the fun will make up for the money, or the money instead will find us, who knows? :-)
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Raincoaster, yeah I think it was Manola. My friend had a handbag blog at the time and she told me that. But I didn’t really know that much about ads then.
Perez is the #1 blog in the universe at the present instant, and he doesn’t seem to be making a snotload of cash (unless you factor in all the free clothes every time he changes size). And he’s not at blogspot either, he’s got moveable type I believe.
He won’t have much money left anymore since he’s being sued for $7.5 million. HAHA!! But at BlogAds, last I checked he gets about $5,000 an ad.
But Trent at Pink is still at Blogger and he’s huge. He hasn’t left but I’m sure he would love to because of all the problems at Blogger and Blogger Beta.
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Blogger’s horrible, but I think WordPress.org is the solution here. Quite frankly I like that there’s a not-for-profit blogging platform. And look at it from WordPress’s perspective: adsense is javascript. Javascript is a hacker’s best buddy. If they allow adsense they are letting themselves in for huge security headaches because this is a shared blogging platform. They will do nothing but sandbag, day in and day out, to protect the rest of us from vulnerabilities installed in the system by these ads.
Why would they do that for free?
Because it’s a shared environment it has to be easy for WordPress to administer. They can’t allow template tinkering because it would change things for everyone. They can’t allow javascript because it would expose everyone to vulnerabilities.
With WordPress.org software, bloggers can install what they want and tinker to their heart’s content, because the only blogs they’ll be risking are their own.
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Anyone else wondering why this dream person has started at least three threads on the same subject now?
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