Wrong, this is probably the worst compensation we’ve ever heard. Don’t believe us? Read on.
We don’t know if we should be excited at the news that finally, Livejournal bloggers/users will start to get paid. Livejournal, a social networking blog site offers its users the option to post Google ads via Adsense.
At least, after many years (the platform started in 1999) of creating blogs in Livejournal it finally joined the pack of Bloggers and Typepad of utilizing Big G’s cash cow. “Your Journal – Your Money” – the program’s name which lets LiveJournal’s “loyal” users insert ads into their blog and keep 100% of the earnings (wow, pretty exciting huh?), but after Google takes their cut (BOOO!).
This is the excerpt of the deal from LiveJournal:
To make matters worst, users will need to be PAID LiveJornal members in order to participate on this program. Say that again, you should be a paid member? Are you serious?
How much should I pay to avail of this super “DUPER” deal?
According to the segment, LiveJournal members should pay US$19.95/ year and upgrade their account to participate. It means that before you see a real profit, you must at least earn more than 20 bucks every year. Talking about a total rip-off! Plus, Google will take other charges and how about incurred charges when you use the very friendly 3rd party money offices to manage your account.
Do you still want to join this program?
We guess, the program “Your Journal – Your Money” all points to LiveJournal, which means all the profits and earnings funnel down to their pockets. Many old users and new “would be” bloggers might get turn off on the premium imposed on posting ads, even before earning! Why join this program if Blogger (Blogspot) offers the same and for FREE? Same with Typepad.
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As a suggestion, LiveJournal could have imposed the Advertisement charge by making it proportional with the profit of the users. Example, say charge 3% for the first US$ 20 earnings, at the very least users will have a ceiling in case they didn’t earn enough for the year.
Other workarounds could be utilized such that it would be a win-win situation on both users and LiveJournal party and not single-sided only.
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November 1st, 2009 at 11:54 am
Hey
I am a new member here and just wanted to say hello to the group.
What’s the topic today?
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