Comments on: Will Indian Outsourcing Permeate the Blogosphere? http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:28:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Philippine Lotto Results  http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1119909 Philippine Lotto Results  Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:03:27 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-1119909 outsourcing is essential if you want to increase your profit margin and efficiency'~: outsourcing is essential if you want to increase your profit margin and efficiency’~:

]]> By: Joshua Dorkin @ BiggerPockets.com http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-704705 Joshua Dorkin @ BiggerPockets.com Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:12:31 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-704705 This model is being used for SEO. People are outsourcing their own comments on other blogs. Sadly, these commenters don't read the posts they are commenting on and post trash. Outsourcing is a great way to go when you're setting quality standards. Otherwise, it can be more trouble than it's worth. This model is being used for SEO. People are outsourcing their own comments on other blogs. Sadly, these commenters don’t read the posts they are commenting on and post trash. Outsourcing is a great way to go when you’re setting quality standards. Otherwise, it can be more trouble than it’s worth.

]]> By: Razib Ahmed http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-701295 Razib Ahmed Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:19:22 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-701295 I think that the reporter of Globe & Mail has mixed up blogging with newspaper/magazine writing. Blogging is not just writing a 200-word entry or writing 1,000 words daily. It is much more than that. The bloggers have to get traffic from search engines. They have to hit the front page of social bookmarking sites and get links (back links) from other blogs and websites. They have to get decent amount of Feed subscribers and they have to think of finding good advertisements (besides Adsense). The newspapers and magazines do not have to bother about most of these things. If any Indian blogger can do it (get good traffic and feed readers) then I am sure that he/she would not want to work for an American blogger to get poorly paid. He/she would open their own blog and enjoy the traffic and income. Secondly, despite the fact at least several million people are in the Blogosphere for earning money, blogging is the major source of revenue for very few people. Blog networks do not pay 50 cent or 1 dollar per word to their American bloggers. So, I don’t think that the blog networks would be able to save a lot of money by outsourcing their blog content work to India or other Asian countries. We have noticed that in the last 6 months, many blog networks got closed or laid off many bloggers. If outsourcing to India was a good way then they would have surely done that to save themselves. I think that the reporter of Globe & Mail has mixed up blogging with newspaper/magazine writing. Blogging is not just writing a 200-word entry or writing 1,000 words daily. It is much more than that. The bloggers have to get traffic from search engines. They have to hit the front page of social bookmarking sites and get links (back links) from other blogs and websites. They have to get decent amount of Feed subscribers and they have to think of finding good advertisements (besides Adsense). The newspapers and magazines do not have to bother about most of these things.
If any Indian blogger can do it (get good traffic and feed readers) then I am sure that he/she would not want to work for an American blogger to get poorly paid. He/she would open their own blog and enjoy the traffic and income.
Secondly, despite the fact at least several million people are in the Blogosphere for earning money, blogging is the major source of revenue for very few people. Blog networks do not pay 50 cent or 1 dollar per word to their American bloggers. So, I don’t think that the blog networks would be able to save a lot of money by outsourcing their blog content work to India or other Asian countries.
We have noticed that in the last 6 months, many blog networks got closed or laid off many bloggers. If outsourcing to India was a good way then they would have surely done that to save themselves.

]]> By: john http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-701206 john Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:13:01 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-701206 We can apply the Wal*Mart model to selling anything. The question is, will readers buy it? We can apply the Wal*Mart model to selling anything. The question is, will readers buy it?

]]> By: Ed Sutherland http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-699766 Ed Sutherland Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:03:32 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-699766 Flattening the playing field for blogging was inevitable. We've seen newspapers hire offshore to write pieces needing only a telephone and an Internet connection. However, we cannot adapt the Wal-Mart model to selling content. Wal-Mart pricing for big screen TVs from China cannot be adapted to writing for Western audiences without problem. As other nations who had few natural resources to sell - be it timber, steel, fiber - the key to competition is adding value. That is why a country can buy our timber for a minimum price - then sell us products based on that resource for much more. The U.S. is vastly more capable of turning those cheap words sold by other nations into products (blogs, publications, etc) that will garner much higher prices. Flattening the playing field for blogging was inevitable. We’ve seen newspapers hire offshore to write pieces needing only a telephone and an Internet connection. However, we cannot adapt the Wal-Mart model to selling content. Wal-Mart pricing for big screen TVs from China cannot be adapted to writing for Western audiences without problem.

As other nations who had few natural resources to sell – be it timber, steel, fiber – the key to competition is adding value. That is why a country can buy our timber for a minimum price – then sell us products based on that resource for much more.

The U.S. is vastly more capable of turning those cheap words sold by other nations into products (blogs, publications, etc) that will garner much higher prices.

]]> By: MMA Web Design http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-699606 MMA Web Design Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:31:20 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-699606 @Filip It's not lazy. It's smart and if you were smart, you'd charge the same prices as the Westerners and make more money. So if you want to work your ass off for .03 a word, we will exploit it. Point blank. @Filip

It’s not lazy. It’s smart and if you were smart, you’d charge the same prices as the Westerners and make more money. So if you want to work your ass off for .03 a word, we will exploit it. Point blank.

]]> By: MMA Web Design http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-699603 MMA Web Design Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:28:32 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-699603 I have been using some writers in India to do some copy writing for SEO purposes. It works out very well for me. I have had no complaints yet. I have been using some writers in India to do some copy writing for SEO purposes. It works out very well for me. I have had no complaints yet.

]]> By: filip k. http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-699045 filip k. Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:45:42 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-699045 I live in the Czech, working for an outsourcing company from India (IT etc.) and I think it is a great deal bacause most of you lazy Westerns would not do my job for the crap money that I get. It is just cheaper and also gives us, Easterns, the opportunity to learn how the global economy works. T I live in the Czech, working for an outsourcing company from India (IT etc.) and I think it is a great deal bacause most of you lazy Westerns would not do my job for the crap money that I get. It is just cheaper and also gives us, Easterns, the opportunity to learn how the global economy works. T

]]> By: Scott Schaefer http://www.blogherald.com/2008/12/05/will-indian-outsourcing-permeate-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-698056 Scott Schaefer Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:28:03 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9607#comment-698056 I first heard about outsourcing for content when I read this NYT article on Pasadena Now's use of it: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/opinion/30dowd.html?ref=opinion I run a series of local blogs and can barely keep up with creating all content, but is outsourcing what our economy needs now? I can't imagine hiring someone in another country to report on my neighborhood! But I'm considering it... Scott Schaefer Publisher/Editor http://www.b-townblog.com I first heard about outsourcing for content when I read this NYT article on Pasadena Now’s use of it:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/opinion/30dowd.html?ref=opinion

I run a series of local blogs and can barely keep up with creating all content, but is outsourcing what our economy needs now? I can’t imagine hiring someone in another country to report on my neighborhood!

But I’m considering it…

Scott Schaefer
Publisher/Editor
http://www.b-townblog.com

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