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By: What is a blogger worth - what are my words worth? — Shooting at Bubbles

What is a blogger worth - what are my words worth? — Shooting at Bubbles — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:29:04 +0000

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Why bother saying anything — Shooting at Bubbles — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:27:39 +0000

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From the Pipeline - 4.12.08 — Shooting at Bubbles — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:25:51 +0000

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By: Aidan Henry

Aidan Henry — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:26:33 +0000

I’m more focused on comments than anything else. Encouraging thought-provoking discussions and providing new perspective are the main reasons I blog.

Cheers,
Aidan

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:38:15 +0000

Louis,

The growing problem with the un-siloing of the blogosphere is it requires bloggers to check in with a growing number of sources, which takes time and effort on top of the time and effort bloggers put into writing and maintaining their blogs. Clearly, it’s only a matter of time before some kind of aggregator appears on the scene.

By: Louis Gray

Louis Gray — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:15:30 +0000

My point of view on this topic has been shared a bit already. It’s easier for me, as I’m not ad-centric in any way, but a bit more difficult for those who are. If there’s anything I can suggest to bloggers worried about declining page views or activity, it’s to find out where the conversation is moving and engage. Learn more about Shyftr. Learn more about FriendFeed. Learn more about Assetbar, Plaxo, LinkRiver, RSSMeme… you name it. Siloing yourself into your blog and waiting for visitors is deadly.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:19:47 +0000

The issue, in my opinion, comes down to blogger choice. Companies, like Shyftr should not forcibly take away the choice that bloggers have in how their content is displayed. If services like Shyfter ultimate benefit bloggers, than those who partner will them will thrive while others will fail. The market is faster than the court system.

Still, nothing should ever be done by force. Instead, Shyfter should work with bloggers and approach us to get us to allow them to use our content.

It is a matter of respect and being a good neighbor as much, if not more, than it is a legal or pageview one.

By: WinExtra » What is a blogger worth - what are my words worth?

WinExtra » What is a blogger worth - what are my words worth? — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:51:24 +0000

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:51:11 +0000

Mark, true. Last night I was thinking about this; such as what protocol my different clients and networks have in place to handle something like this, since it will (or likely could) affect the bottom line for many bloggers. They shut down scraper sites but this is a different deal. I left magazine and business writing for blogging (which I love a lot more) but stuff like this does make me pause over that decision. I never had to deal with content theft with magazines, I’d write, get paid, it’d be done. I agree that we need better solutions for blogger content – now it comes down to thinking some solutions up.