New feature from PayPerPost

February 12, 2007 by Oliver · Comments Off
Filed under: Computers, Technology 

Some people love them, some people hate them. Either way it seems PayPerPost are hear to stay.

They have just release a new feature to try and get more sign-ups that simultaneously gives publishers some exposure while out more money to them (they must be doing really well or have some confident venture capital behind them). The new feature, “Review My Post”. You’ll notice the links at the bottom of my posts for the time being. Basically you click the link, join PayPerPost and get a special opportunity just for you in which you have to review my post. I get free exposure as you promote my blog, you get $7.50 and PayPerPost get another (hopefully) loyal postie. The odd bit is I also get $7.50…

So it’s basically PayPerPost paying $15 for each new sign-up. Considering the crazy people out there and what they are paying (there is currently a $1000 opportunity that wants PR 8 sites only) I expect they’re getting their money’s worth.

This means you could get paid (as well as me) for reviewing my post (which I get paid for anyway) which is a review of a feature that lets people review other posts (and get paid) which may themselves be website reviews (that they’re paid for). That’s quite a chain of reviews…

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Getting paid to review

November 14, 2006 by Oliver · 2 Comments
Filed under: Blogging 

Well it seems that PayPerPost isn’t unique as a few other people are jumping on the bandwagon. One of the notable ones is ReviewMe from the people at TextLinkAds.

Although the theory is essentially the same as PayPerPost, the implementation is different. In PPP advertisers list opportunities which bloggers can the accept. The price paid ranges from about $2.50 to $10 (with the most common being $4 or $5). ReviewMe works the other way round. Bloggers list their blogs with a price (determined by ReviewMe) and advertisers choose which ones they want to review their product or service. The price paid is dependent on the blog (how exactly they determine I’m not sure but it seems to be some sort of PageRank, Alexa, back-links type combination) and seems to be significantly higher. Of course you’re likely to get fewer offers though.

One offer they seem to be giving to everyone is to review ReviewMe itself (eerily like this) so every blogger accepted should earn something from them. And although I didn’t look at their payout details specifically, I would guess it’s the same as TextLinkAds – at the end of the month by PayPal with no minimum (and possibly other options with a minimum or a fee).

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Christian Debt Consolidation

November 5, 2006 by Oliver · Comments Off
Filed under: Blogging 

The blog-wise amongst you may have noticed the disclosure policy page and the PayPerPost post and put two and two together. Anyone who has no idea what that sentence means (and what it might have to do with Christian debt consolidation), just relax and trust that all is well.

Now I’ve decided to muddy the waters a little with regards to PayPerPost in a sort of confusing double bluff sort of way. Most of the opportunities on PayPerPost are almost impossible to post in a subtle way. Some on the other hand are fairly sensible, except for the fact that they want “buzz” (over the top praise for their service) meaning they aren’t suitable for most people either. So I’ve decided to be honest. That doesn’t mean I’m necessarily going to be open about what is or isn’t PayPerPost motivated. But bear in mind that I doubt really negative (or at least sarcastic) reviews will get paid.

And that brings us back to Christian debt consolidation. That site I have emblazoned with a link has some, er, “resources” regarding christian debt help. Those resources are Google Ads. Five keyword heavy pages about the advantages of Christian debt consolidation and why Christian debt consolidation is better than secular debt consolidation (atheist debt consolidation?) and three ads units per page. The irony for me at least is the obvious American slant – none of the adverts I see mention Christian at all. We don’t really have a strong religious right wing over here so marketing things as specifically Christian doesn’t help.

And if you get there by mistake they have some handy links about timeshares, cord blood and student loans. We’re talking A-grade top quality content here folks.

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PayPerPost is getting a lot of flak

November 3, 2006 by Oliver · 2 Comments
Filed under: Blogging, Orbwars 

PayPerPost are a fairly new company offering yet another revenue stream for bloggers (although for most blogs the existing ones probably aren’t earth shattering). This one’s a lot more controversial on the surface however. You get paid to write content about something specific. And you get paid quite a lot (at least in blogging revenue terms), usually about $5 per post.

It has however pissed quite a few people off. Jason, CEO of Weblogs seems to be one of the loudest. I’m going to take the wimpy way out and simply say it’s a tool with potential, that can be abused.

But in the long that’s not a problem for the blogosphere. If you destroy your own integrity by blatantly posting ads instead of actual content you will lose out as surely as if you filled the page with conventional advertising. If you don’t annoy your readers however, you will be fine. In this case it means choosing “opportunities” (that’s what PPP call them) that are actually relevant. That’s how Google AdSense came to be accepted, remember?

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