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By: Robin Haney

Robin Haney — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:53:08 +0000

No matter how much someone can say their blog has it all, it doesn't. Most blogs just have information that everyone else has. There are very few blogs that have content and posts that add real value. I find this can only happen if the writer writes every post from his/her point of view. Make it unique and be creative and no, it is not about the money.

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By: Jeff Paul Internet Millions

Jeff Paul Internet Millions — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:07:22 +0000

whenever someone visits that site, the registered owner makes money, it’s called traffic. For every person that visits these sites and every sale that these sites make, the owner is paid a commission. Which pretty much sums up what this Jeff Paul program is

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By: Linda R. Moore

Linda R. Moore — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:07:35 +0000

Agreed. I'm really getting enormously bored with the whole MMO thing. I hear another "I'm gonna make a million quid and post about it online" site has been created and just yawn. There are more fun things, like going on motorcycle rides and waving at the cows. Linda R. Moore's last blog post..Anchored

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:12:39 +0000

Interesting. I just posted to my blog where I basically referred the readers to other blogs – I just couldn’t bring myself to attempt to rewrite what has been written so many times, and written well, on basic tips for GPT. I believe explaining why this is important and then saving them time (many people just don’t want to do research) is beneficial. What is most important is that the information is in my blog – not that I wrote it. As well, I’m sure those bloggers/webmasters won’t mind the plug. This may work sometimes when we don’t have an original, creative spin to the topic.

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By: 2ThePoint

2ThePoint — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:10:23 +0000

I know what you’re saying and I agree with you; however, the knock-on effect is that I’m starting to feel slightly irritated by the number of bloggers complaining about the saturated MMO market – it’s getting repetitive, y’all – we’re all complaining about the same thing. So now, not only do I have to contend with the amount of shite MMO blogs out there, I now have to deal with the increasing amount of MMO bloggers repeating the same complaint over and over and over again.

I get it. 99% of MMO blogs are shite. University Kid said it. BloggerNoob said it. You’re saying it.

I get it. I really do. Most. MMO. Blogs. Are. Shit. NOW STOP ALREADY.

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By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:39:37 +0000

Heh, good point Todd. I'm starting to question the article's point though. Writing about MMO is a symptom of thinking about it. Thinking about it leads to doing it. So perhaps your run-of-the-mill MMO blog is in fact an incubator for other types of blog. Just treat the MMO side of your site as a nonprofit personal thing (maybe a general traffic generator) whereas the real money-makers are the niche topics. For me that could be worm farming or something fun like that. Luke's last blog post..5 Reasons to Post Daily

By: Todd Morris

Todd Morris — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:11:56 +0000

lol, you know what’s really great? The majority of people who are agreeing with this post write blogs about making money online. Kind of reinforces the point.

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By: Wade

Wade — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:16:29 +0000

The MMO niche is clogged, and seems to be beating a dead horse. I suggest people branch out. Start a niche blog on hunting or sewing. The home mom could start one on parenting. A stay at home mom could post reviews on house hold products like the new swiffer mop or something. Also hot deals/coupons and watch out for triple coupon days at the local Kroger. Find something you know you could talk about daily for the next few years and put your heart into it. Wade's last blog post..How do I increase traffic

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:21:39 +0000

That's so weird. I wrote about this exact same thing yesterday morning! Casey's last blog post..Is the Make Money Online niche right for you?

By: nate

nate — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:13:42 +0000

I’m apparently rehashing your battle with entrecard….I did mention you here: http://natespost.com/index.php/quick-conversation-with-entrecard/

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By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:50:05 +0000

I think making money online (ie. the generation of revenue using the web, in part or in whole) and the “MMO sector” (as bloggers like to talk about it) are not really the same thing.

Blogging about making money, for a lot of people, is a way to avoid doing anything that will generate revenue long term.

The same goes for a lot of the IM “gurus” that spout off advice 24 / 7. If anything, much of their advice (given for the sake of making money for themselves) leads to a narrow view of what it means to setup a business that generates revenue, as well as a sub-culture that is anything but entrepreneurial.

Just my 2 cents…

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By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:15:26 +0000

One thing that sets Cow above (or is that aside from?) the rest is the element of FUN. John Cow does it for fun. If you aren’t having fun it’s probably gonna flop. So many people are blogging out of a need for cash and desperation not to have to work a day job. How fun is that? (Of course it’s not mutually exclusive. But really it’s more attractive if you hide your desperation and flaunt the fun, don’t you think?)

You can make money online by blogging about it. But it’s not easy, nor is it really the best idea to start with. It is unfortunately the most natural idea to start with, because when you’re blogging you want to speak your mind and what’s on your mind is quite often making money online… So if you are serious about this you are going to have to work a lot harder to convince everyone that you’re not just being clueless newbie about it.

My blog posts are probably 90% about MMO, personal development, blogging software, blogging habits, and other stuff that’s all done to the death. Hopefully I will be moving away from this in the future. Unless by some strange coincidence I suddenly really do become an authority about all that stuff…

Luke’s last blog post..5 Reasons to Post Daily

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:28:21 +0000

Well, I just got really hungry and it sucks cos it's almost 2 am. I don't have much of value to add here. Good night. Matt's last blog post..Filesharing vicar gets up to no good

By: Daniel McGonagle @ http://danielmcgonagle.name

Daniel McGonagle @ http://danielmcgonagle.name — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:51:48 +0000

I agree with you 100%, so much of the same info being regurgitated, and muc hof it is good, too, yes.

I have over 83% of my visitors to my blog this month adding me to their favorites, so I think that wriitng about subjects that are timely and timeless are very important.

Also, writing about things that are near and dear to you will definitely make your content unique.

Seems like everyone else rewrites some PLR to use as blog content.

Now, my blog isn’t like Doshdosh except for the fact that every once in a while I write a really long post, see this one here.

http://www.danielmcgonagle.name/internet-marketing/footprint-in-cyberspace-are-you-following-bad-advice-from-marketing-gurus

That link goes to a post that is 5k words, is 100% unique content, is near and dear to my heart, and gets a decent number of comments. It doesn’t overtly sell anything and it lends character to the blog.

Point being, that’s what it takes to be different

Thanks,

Dan

http://danielmcgonagle.name

By: Fatgadget

Fatgadget — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:30 +0000

What cracks me up is that a lot of the people who read the make money online blogs start a blog about making money online when they haven’t actually made any in the first place.

There are so many other things people could write about, that have a much larger audience.

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