Comments on: Gawker slices pay of Valleywag writers & some thoughts on blogger pay http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/ 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: b1 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-568172 b1 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:30:25 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/#comment-568172 i wonder how this is working out for them now? anyone hear? also...i'm wondering how the pageviews track over time. is that a revenue share for the lifetime of the post? are you cutting former writers $3.50 checks 2 years from now? i wonder how this is working out for them now? anyone hear? also…i’m wondering how the pageviews track over time. is that a revenue share for the lifetime of the post? are you cutting former writers $3.50 checks 2 years from now?

]]> By: Janson http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-392388 Janson Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:09:23 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/#comment-392388 Prior to this most recent pay change, the bloggers at Valleywag were being paid $9.75/1000 pageviews. As of 4/1, they’re down to $6.50/1000 pageviews.I can't believe that!! www.lego18.com Prior to this most recent pay change, the bloggers at Valleywag were being paid $9.75/1000 pageviews. As of 4/1, they’re down to $6.50/1000 pageviews.I can’t believe that!!
http://www.lego18.com

]]> By: Matt Craven http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-392307 Matt Craven Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:09:47 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/#comment-392307 Neil - I think you've taken a pretty fair look at things. Revenue share is a really hard one to pull off though. Thanks for sharing your thoughts - Matt Neil – I think you’ve taken a pretty fair look at things. Revenue share is a really hard one to pull off though.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts -
Matt

]]> By: Neil Miller http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-391813 Neil Miller Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:48:28 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/04/06/gawker-slices-pay-of-valleywag-writers-some-thoughts-on-blogger-pay/#comment-391813 This is something I just went through with my site and my staff of bloggers. I threw out the pay-per-post first, as I think it puts people in the "I get paid no matter how good my articles are" mentality. Not true with everyone, but certainly a possibility. Next, I explored the pageview scheme, similar to what Nick Denton does at Gawker. While that does increase productivity and pageviews, I feel like there would be a lot of good content that would go by the wayside because it doesn't drive traffic. A structure like that stifles innovation and limits the bloggers who want to get paid to searching for only the hottest stories. The final structure, one of revenue sharing, seemed like the most sensible approach. In fact, a bonus system that is based upon how much profit the site makes, seems to bring everyone into the "do what is best for the site as a whole" mentality. That, I believe, is what creates the best end-user experience. This is something I just went through with my site and my staff of bloggers. I threw out the pay-per-post first, as I think it puts people in the “I get paid no matter how good my articles are” mentality. Not true with everyone, but certainly a possibility.

Next, I explored the pageview scheme, similar to what Nick Denton does at Gawker. While that does increase productivity and pageviews, I feel like there would be a lot of good content that would go by the wayside because it doesn’t drive traffic. A structure like that stifles innovation and limits the bloggers who want to get paid to searching for only the hottest stories.

The final structure, one of revenue sharing, seemed like the most sensible approach. In fact, a bonus system that is based upon how much profit the site makes, seems to bring everyone into the “do what is best for the site as a whole” mentality. That, I believe, is what creates the best end-user experience.

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