So I don’t really read TechCrunch that often, however I got on twitter today and noticed that some of the old Weblogs Inc. blogs were going to be cut. So I followed the link and read the story, along with the comments from AOL bloggers.
Basically, the comments were about how blog networks are done and the bloggers are way over paid. Blog networks are done?! That’s shitty since I am trying to build one right now….
Anyways, the reason I wrote this post was because I do think “some” of the bloggers are over paid. I am NOT talking about the tech blogs, as those guys pump out tons of content and get blown away with emails and tips all day long. Being a tech blogger really is a full time job. What I am talking about is how AOL fucked themselves over, by making it seem like an article is worth $100 (So I read that is how much they pay, I might be wrong and if I am this post is pointless).
By no means is content worth that much, ever. I am not going to say that everyone should outsource their content writing to India or something, as I do admit I have bought some $5 articles on DigitalPoint before. Although half of the articles I bought that were written by non U.S. writers didn’t make any sense, a simple proof read and some verb changes cleaned them up nicely and made them into some super nice articles.
I think that blog networks have brought this upon themselves. Offering someone that much money to write in article is crazy, in my opinion. Blogging is relatively new, (compared to other ways we used to read news…like newspapers) and who were the ones to put a price on what an article is worth? The bigger blog networks who got tons of funding and investing only to blow it by over-paying their bloggers.
What I am trying to say is, those companies brought it upon themselves. You don’t need a college education to be a blogger. You don’t need a degree in journalism to be a blogger. All you need is to be passionate about a topic and enjoy writing about it. Wasn’t that the point of blogging before it went all commercial?
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