How many times can blogs post the same thing?
Aug 30, 2013 | 10:20 pm
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>>>>>>>>>Why wouldn't you just use a reader?
I am going through my Feedly list constantly throughout the day. And always in the bathroom, no down time
I am going through my Feedly list constantly throughout the day. And always in the bathroom, no down time
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Aug 31, 2013 | 7:30 am
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And BA puts the full text in their RSS.
Aug 31, 2013 | 9:56 pm
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Sep 17, 2013 | 7:42 am
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IMO all Randy sees is trees with dollar bills. If the trees are growing dollar bills, they are worthless. It's like any other business.
Sep 17, 2013 | 8:32 am
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And even this is a win-win for the second-tier bloggers, because Randy's advertising (for US eyeballs) pays far more than AdSense, even after his 50% cut.
Feb 12, 2014 | 2:30 pm
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What is clever about BA is the split into 'preferred' bloggers (who get on the home page) and the others. He can therefore monetise all of them without actually having to pollute his home page with some of the nonsense - although there are a couple of exceptions I would push down to the second level!
And even this is a win-win for the second-tier bloggers, because Randy's advertising (for US eyeballs) pays far more than AdSense, even after his 50% cut.
And even this is a win-win for the second-tier bloggers, because Randy's advertising (for US eyeballs) pays far more than AdSense, even after his 50% cut.
Feb 12, 2014 | 4:02 pm
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Seriously, I think some of the blogs on there must get little to no readership (since they consistently post absolutely NO useful information but are instead, just rants on weather or some program changes, which are covered WAY better by the better bloggers). Why doesn't BA drop them and declutter?
Running with miles? Great, you like to run. You belong on a running website with tips on how to get there more cheaply
Points and Pixie Dust? Hated it from the moment I read the title
Jeffsetter? Clever name. Absolutely nothing original to see.
Fly Gracefully? Tied for worst blog IMO
The list goes on and on. But I'm sure Randy doesn't care as long as he brings in some cash
As a final note, I think Canadian Kilometers is undervalued. There is some genuine originality in that blog
Feb 12, 2014 | 5:12 pm
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Strongly agree. I used to find BA blogs quite useful. Now it seems that the smallest tweak counts as originality.
Running with miles? Great, you like to run. You belong on a running website with tips on how to get there more cheaply
Points and Pixie Dust? Hated it from the moment I read the title
Jeffsetter? Clever name. Absolutely nothing original to see.
Fly Gracefully? Tied for worst blog IMO
The list goes on and on. But I'm sure Randy doesn't care as long as he brings in some cash
As a final note, I think Canadian Kilometers is undervalued. There is some genuine originality in that blog
Running with miles? Great, you like to run. You belong on a running website with tips on how to get there more cheaply
Points and Pixie Dust? Hated it from the moment I read the title
Jeffsetter? Clever name. Absolutely nothing original to see.
Fly Gracefully? Tied for worst blog IMO
The list goes on and on. But I'm sure Randy doesn't care as long as he brings in some cash
As a final note, I think Canadian Kilometers is undervalued. There is some genuine originality in that blog
Seriously, as someone who has worked for a decade in strategy for a Fortune 10 company, my advice to Randy is he can actually bring in even more cash with a cleaner and leaner site with only solid content, just like how retailers get rid of obsolete inventory or low-volume SKUs because they are taking up valuable shelf space aka real estate. In fact, there should be in place at Randy's organization a metric that measures return on investment by blogger. Investment could be calculated by an allocation of feature space / page real estate and operating expense.
With a proper set of metrics, it's easy to filter the winners from the losers and get rid of the bottom dwellers, so that innovative stuff like Canadian KMs does not need to be buried in the weeds or get tuned out by the noise and hopefully, there will be many more bloggers like that in the future.
Ultimately, it'll bring in more traffic and reduce costs = improved bottom line.
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Feb 13, 2014 | 12:57 am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RFDMinnesota
Strongly agree. I used to find BA blogs quite useful. Now it seems that the smallest tweak counts as originality.
Running with miles? Great, you like to run. You belong on a running website with tips on how to get there more cheaply
Points and Pixie Dust? Hated it from the moment I read the title
Jeffsetter? Clever name. Absolutely nothing original to see.
Fly Gracefully? Tied for worst blog IMO
The list goes on and on. But I'm sure Randy doesn't care as long as he brings in some cash
As a final note, I think Canadian Kilometers is undervalued. There is some genuine originality in that blog
"The list goes on and on" is right. Could you add to that list "MJ on Travel?"
Seriously, as someone who has worked for a decade in strategy for a Fortune 10 company, my advice to Randy is he can actually bring in even more cash with a cleaner and leaner site with only solid content, just like how retailers get rid of obsolete inventory or low-volume SKUs because they are taking up valuable shelf space aka real estate. In fact, there should be in place at Randy's organization a metric that measures return on investment by blogger. Investment could be calculated by an allocation of feature space / page real estate and operating expense.
With a proper set of metrics, it's easy to filter the winners from the losers and get rid of the bottom dwellers, so that innovative stuff like Canadian KMs does not need to be buried in the weeds or get tuned out by the noise and hopefully, there will be many more bloggers like that in the future.
Ultimately, it'll bring in more traffic and reduce costs = improved bottom line.
Originally Posted by RFDMinnesota
Strongly agree. I used to find BA blogs quite useful. Now it seems that the smallest tweak counts as originality.
Running with miles? Great, you like to run. You belong on a running website with tips on how to get there more cheaply
Points and Pixie Dust? Hated it from the moment I read the title
Jeffsetter? Clever name. Absolutely nothing original to see.
Fly Gracefully? Tied for worst blog IMO
The list goes on and on. But I'm sure Randy doesn't care as long as he brings in some cash
As a final note, I think Canadian Kilometers is undervalued. There is some genuine originality in that blog
"The list goes on and on" is right. Could you add to that list "MJ on Travel?"
Seriously, as someone who has worked for a decade in strategy for a Fortune 10 company, my advice to Randy is he can actually bring in even more cash with a cleaner and leaner site with only solid content, just like how retailers get rid of obsolete inventory or low-volume SKUs because they are taking up valuable shelf space aka real estate. In fact, there should be in place at Randy's organization a metric that measures return on investment by blogger. Investment could be calculated by an allocation of feature space / page real estate and operating expense.
With a proper set of metrics, it's easy to filter the winners from the losers and get rid of the bottom dwellers, so that innovative stuff like Canadian KMs does not need to be buried in the weeds or get tuned out by the noise and hopefully, there will be many more bloggers like that in the future.
Ultimately, it'll bring in more traffic and reduce costs = improved bottom line.
Get as much revenue while you can.
Feb 13, 2014 | 3:46 am
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Any traffic is good traffic, as it bumps up your ratings. @:-)
Just think what you can say to get advertisers (or prospective buyers) to sign up:
- I have a small bouquet of 25 blogs with premium content that don't get much pageviews, but a decent amount of clicks with kickass conversion rates
- I have a plethora of blogs with content covering every taste with millions of pageviews and a decent click thru rate
Just think what you can say to get advertisers (or prospective buyers) to sign up:
- I have a small bouquet of 25 blogs with premium content that don't get much pageviews, but a decent amount of clicks with kickass conversion rates
- I have a plethora of blogs with content covering every taste with millions of pageviews and a decent click thru rate
Feb 13, 2014 | 4:01 pm
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Any traffic is good traffic, as it bumps up your ratings. @:-)
Just think what you can say to get advertisers (or prospective buyers) to sign up:
- I have a small bouquet of 25 blogs with premium content that don't get much pageviews, but a decent amount of clicks with kickass conversion rates
- I have a plethora of blogs with content covering every taste with millions of pageviews and a decent click thru rate
Just think what you can say to get advertisers (or prospective buyers) to sign up:
- I have a small bouquet of 25 blogs with premium content that don't get much pageviews, but a decent amount of clicks with kickass conversion rates
- I have a plethora of blogs with content covering every taste with millions of pageviews and a decent click thru rate
There is also the part where the benefits of the aggregation differ for the host and the participants.
Plus, just because you don't like one of the blogs doesn't mean that someone else feels the same way. I'm quite certain that the regular readers of my blog are different from the regular readers of the others on Boarding Area. I'm just fine with that.
Feb 13, 2014 | 9:28 pm
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