Comments on: The Free Web Is In Transition, Is It Time To Charge For Your Heart And Soul? http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keeping Up With The Changing Blogosphere | Biziki http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-371166 Keeping Up With The Changing Blogosphere | Biziki Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:54:01 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/#comment-371166 [...] has been around for quite some time and as with most things, change is inevitable. I am sure that we have all foreseen these changes, although we might not have seen specific things [...] [...] has been around for quite some time and as with most things, change is inevitable. I am sure that we have all foreseen these changes, although we might not have seen specific things [...]

]]> By: Real Estate Blogs http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-369594 Real Estate Blogs Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:51:32 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/#comment-369594 I think blogging will increasingly be used for business to promote products but smart marketers will still use the culture of free to give away a knowledge base in order to gain a loyal customer base. Essentially, I am saying the two- free and paid can be used in tandem to build income for bloggers while still offering a value proposition for consumers- just look at how seomoz capitalizes on its premium memberships and seobook gets you with their paid ebook. I think blogging will increasingly be used for business to promote products but smart marketers will still use the culture of free to give away a knowledge base in order to gain a loyal customer base. Essentially, I am saying the two- free and paid can be used in tandem to build income for bloggers while still offering a value proposition for consumers- just look at how seomoz capitalizes on its premium memberships and seobook gets you with their paid ebook.

]]> By: Internet. » Blog Archive » The Free Web Is In Transition, Is It Time To Charge For Your Heart And Soul? http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-369472 Internet. » Blog Archive » The Free Web Is In Transition, Is It Time To Charge For Your Heart And Soul? Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:11:41 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/#comment-369472 [...] Well, now it seems they are having some problems. First of all, they need to make money to keep the site going, which is pretty obvious to me. That’s why they created something called Plus, a $9/month subscription which gives you more Photoshop tutorials, and more sample files to download. A pretty good extension to the site, I’d say, since there’s still plenty of content available for the cheapskate visitor, like me. I don’t mind. (more…) [...] [...] Well, now it seems they are having some problems. First of all, they need to make money to keep the site going, which is pretty obvious to me. That’s why they created something called Plus, a $9/month subscription which gives you more Photoshop tutorials, and more sample files to download. A pretty good extension to the site, I’d say, since there’s still plenty of content available for the cheapskate visitor, like me. I don’t mind. (more…) [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Steele http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-369391 Jeremy Steele Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:19:45 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/#comment-369391 I think I said this on another blog, but I find it a bit odd: In Web 1.0 subscriptions were everywhere. If someone could charge for content they did. Then came Web 2.0, which brought free, ad supported content. Now with Web 3.0, in addition to obvious evolutions such as AI search algorithms, I think we will slowly go back to the old Web 1.0 model - charge for content if you can. I think I said this on another blog, but I find it a bit odd:

In Web 1.0 subscriptions were everywhere. If someone could charge for content they did. Then came Web 2.0, which brought free, ad supported content.

Now with Web 3.0, in addition to obvious evolutions such as AI search algorithms, I think we will slowly go back to the old Web 1.0 model – charge for content if you can.

]]> By: The Free Web Is In Transition, Is It Time To Charge For Your Heart And Soul? : Blogazine http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-369387 The Free Web Is In Transition, Is It Time To Charge For Your Heart And Soul? : Blogazine Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:22:15 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/03/20/the-free-web-is-in-transition-is-it-time-to-charge-for-your-heart-and-soul/#comment-369387 [...] Read more of this story at BlogHerald.com [...] [...] Read more of this story at BlogHerald.com [...]

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