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February Newsvine Earnings Posted

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It's that time again!

The February earnings have been posted, and from the look of it, ad revenue was down for the month.

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{"commentId":650042,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}

This was my worst months since September. I think I'll go seed something....

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  • 7 votes
Reply#1 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:34 PM EDT
{"commentId":650786,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

I'm with you Dennis.

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  • 2 votes
#1.1 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:44 AM EDT
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{"commentId":650109,"authorDomain":"atvance"}

February was actually my third highest month ever, about 33% up from January but down 40% from my stellar December. Still not enough to buy me dinner [and way under what others are probably making], but better than I thought it would be given the content I seeded/wrote in Feb.

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  • 2 votes
Reply#2 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:59 PM EDT
{"commentId":650264,"authorDomain":"amberneve"}

I earned 53 pennies. The costs to benefits (money, exposure, social value) on Newvine just doesn't pan out for me. I'm moving on to greener pastures.

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  • 4 votes
Reply#3 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:30 PM EDT
{"commentId":651833,"authorDomain":"babar"}

can i get a copy of that map to greener pastures?... i'm all packed up.

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  • 2 votes
#3.1 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:55 PM EDT
{"commentId":652353,"authorDomain":"ryaninc"}

Yeah, me too. If you find somewhere good, Neron, let us know

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  • 1 vote
#3.2 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:50 PM EDT
{"commentId":652558,"authorDomain":"amberneve"}

The map hasn't been drawn yet, but I am definately leaving Newsvine. I've wasted enough time.

I hope to find a suitable blog site that will host my agenda, which is ultimately a peaceful planet, beginning with the Middle East. The material I produce is original and valuable. No other person is able to do what I am doing because it cannot be learned by ordinary methods; it comes out of my soul and my relationship with God.

I need assistance, financially and otherwise, to continue this work.

If anyone has any ideas feel welcome to contact me. Once I am in a position to devote myself entirely to this effort, the new material ought to flow rather freely.

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#3.3 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:03 PM EDT
{"commentId":652597,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

dude are you serious? somebody watch that guy. no seriously watch him.

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  • 5 votes
#3.4 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:15 PM EDT
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{"commentId":650265,"authorDomain":"ElDraque"}

I'm down from my January high by 11 cents. How depressing.

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Reply#4 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:31 PM EDT
{"commentId":650269,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

hey. thanks for the prompt. didn't know quite how this worked. now I do. just checked.

All of 47 cents for first 2 weeks of Vining! Wow!! beers all round?

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  • 3 votes
Reply#5 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:33 PM EDT
{"commentId":650309,"authorDomain":"emerging"}

I'm down about half from January...wierd.

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Reply#6 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:53 PM EDT
{"commentId":650367,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

I've actually been way down for the last couple months -- but my January / February output was fairly low.

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  • 1 vote
Reply#7 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:28 PM EDT
{"commentId":650394,"authorDomain":"kyleb"}

Really low, too. Guess I didn't participate as much as I thought I had.

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  • 1 vote
Reply#8 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:43 PM EDT
{"commentId":650457,"authorDomain":"prompt"}

This $9.25 has been my lowest since September which was $6.93 though in between there I have had some fairly good months.

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  • 3 votes
Reply#9 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:21 PM EDT
{"commentId":650481,"authorDomain":"kyleb"}

This was my lowest month yet, which is rather surprising. I thought I had participated more. Oh well.

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  • 2 votes
#9.1 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:39 PM EDT
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{"commentId":650495,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

$4.18. Is that good? That's my first month of money. It'll buy me a blt.

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  • 8 votes
Reply#10 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:46 PM EDT
{"commentId":650575,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}

That's awesome sbutki, mine is $10.95 and so whatever you did it's catching up pretty fast, good for you!!

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#10.1 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:23 PM EDT
{"commentId":650687,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Thanks. I'm going to try not to spend it all at one liquor store place.

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#10.2 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:25 PM EDT
{"commentId":651183,"authorDomain":"pwtenny"}

$4.41.

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#10.3 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:59 AM EDT
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{"commentId":650503,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}

Wow, a whopping $1.45! Down 25% from January, with exactly the same amount of content provided. Hmmm.

Good thing I do this for the love of the community, and not because I'm trying to make a living. ;)

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  • 7 votes
Reply#11 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:50 PM EDT
{"commentId":652183,"authorDomain":"racheldora"}

i had no idea i had any earnings! thanks for the heads up paperdragon.
lol $1.63 after 3 months...hmmm. maybe i'll buy a pet hamster?

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  • 3 votes
#11.1 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:51 PM EDT
{"commentId":652265,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}

Wait a couple of months so you can afford to feed it.

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  • 9 votes
#11.2 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:21 PM EDT
{"commentId":663140,"authorDomain":"davidmcgirr"}

Glad I'm not here for the money.

I don't even have enough to buy a 6 pack.

-Dave

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#11.3 - Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:31 PM EDT
{"commentId":663534,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

I don't even have enough to buy a 6 pack.

what, condoms?

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#11.4 - Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:36 PM EDT
{"commentId":663716,"authorDomain":"davidmcgirr"}

Guess I'll just have to drink my beer bareback.

-Dave

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#11.5 - Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:43 PM EDT
{"commentId":665031,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

Anybody here for the money, probably won't be here for long. With that said, I will humbly accept any that comes my way. It's money for what I do anyway, reading news.

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#11.6 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:30 AM EDT
{"commentId":665081,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

what I do anyway, reading news

wow, newsguru. I'd never have guessed:-)

says he, with a facetious smile

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#11.7 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:49 AM EDT
{"commentId":665106,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

As a side business, I think I should start collecting all the "earned pennies" that seems to be causing viners so much distress.

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#11.8 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:59 AM EDT
{"commentId":665175,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

keep a lookout for a strange new charity appearing in the donations list. make sure it's not some media guy looking to make a fast buck.

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#11.9 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:25 AM EDT
{"commentId":665187,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

:) good one RKR

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#11.10 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:28 AM EDT
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{"commentId":650505,"authorDomain":"yasmin"}

I could have sworn I participated a bit more in February. ::shrugs::

Oh well, I should have a nice return for March. Otherwise, I give up.

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  • 7 votes
Reply#12 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:52 PM EDT
{"commentId":650555,"authorDomain":"restso"}

I was totally stoked to see my first thirty-three cents. Who knew I could earn money while wasting my time at work.

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  • 24 votes
Reply#13 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:15 PM EDT
{"commentId":650578,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}

Who knew I could earn money while wasting my time at work.

That is priceless.

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  • 12 votes
#13.1 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:24 PM EDT
{"commentId":650700,"authorDomain":"atvance"}

Who knew I could earn money while wasting my time at work.

You mean we shouldn't be doing this at work? Whatever am I supposed to do between 9 and 5?

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  • 6 votes
#13.2 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:33 PM EDT
{"commentId":652469,"authorDomain":"spudsstuff"}

Who knew I could earn money while wasting my time at work.

Ditto. If I didn't have Newsvine I'm not sure what I would spend my "working" hours doing.

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#13.3 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:31 PM EDT
{"commentId":666797,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Spuds Stuff
Who knew I could earn money while wasting my time at work.
Ditto. If I didn't have Newsvine I'm not sure what I would spend my "working" hours doing.

Spuds, this is your supervisor. See me immediately about this post. You KNOW you're not supposed to be looking at this stuff during work.

You are sooo busted.

(kidding!)

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#13.4 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:21 PM EDT
{"commentId":668753,"authorDomain":"spudsstuff"}

Spuds, this is your supervisor. See me immediately about this post. You KNOW you're not supposed to be looking at this stuff during work.

LOL...Scott I know you are not my supervisor. How I know is that my manager is technically illiterate. I'm not sure he knows how to turn a PC on.

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#13.5 - Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:10 PM EDT
{"commentId":669339,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Good thing I didn't try to order you to pay a monetary fine.

:)

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#13.6 - Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:53 PM EDT
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{"commentId":650706,"authorDomain":"celestina"}

Well, I was down from January, too.
I assume everybody else has the momentary urge to game the system after looking at their earnings, right?

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Reply#14 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:38 PM EDT
{"commentId":650710,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}

You are not alone.

I just thought of six different Newsvine-related articles bashing George Bush and calling for gun control that I could write.

But I got over it.

;)

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  • 7 votes
#14.1 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:40 PM EDT
{"commentId":651771,"authorDomain":"surya"}

I'm so glad you got over it Viki. I only have 2 things to say:

1) Obviously none of us are doing this for the money.

2) I haven't even looked at mine and there's no way I'm going to.

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#14.2 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:39 PM EDT
{"commentId":651778,"authorDomain":"YuriyBilokonsky"}

2) I haven't even looked at mine and there's no way I'm going to.

Come on. It's just a click away. Aren't you even curious? Maybe some error gave you ten million dollars?

And if you don't look and see the error you won't be able to give Mike and gang their money back. No?

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  • 4 votes
#14.3 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:41 PM EDT
{"commentId":652646,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}

I will say, Surya, that when I see that my meager earnings have gone down, it does inspire me to work a little harder at providing some meaningful content. And when they're up, it inspires me to provide even MORE meaningful content.

I said it inspires me to do so. I didn't say I actually do it ;)

Some people ARE here for the money (see some of the above comments), and that's just foolish, as far as I'm concerned.

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#14.4 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:30 PM EDT
{"commentId":666793,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

I didn't even know - heck I still don't exactly - how the earnings work. Is it real cash? Has anyone actually held the money? Are you sure this isn't some big money laundering scheme by Cash? It sure would explain that name than that lame explanation about some guy named Johnny.

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#14.5 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:19 PM EDT
{"commentId":668757,"authorDomain":"spudsstuff"}

Is it real cash?

Yes it is. Yes I have had a couple of "real" payments so far from my time at Newsvine.

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#14.6 - Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:11 PM EDT
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{"commentId":650713,"authorDomain":"stevencwatts"}

Yep, looks like we're on a slow decline. I wonder why October, November and December were so big and since then we've seen it slipping.

Not that it bothers me too much; I'll use my modest earnings to grab a game to review or something once it compiles to a point that I can. But I'm curious if there's any particular reason for this trend.

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Reply#15 - Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:41 PM EDT
{"commentId":650848,"authorDomain":"Blitzen"}

I broke even... I "added my 2 cents" to a couple topics... that's exactly how much I made back... bling bling

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Reply#16 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:26 AM EDT
{"commentId":650889,"authorDomain":"chill888"}

Dennis,

And with the continuing collapse of the american dollar, those Newsvine earnings don't go as far as they used to.

When is EURONewsvine opening?

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  • 2 votes
Reply#17 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:26 AM EDT
{"commentId":650891,"authorDomain":"jyuma"}

up a penny over the last month.

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    Reply#18 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:27 AM EDT
    {"commentId":650898,"authorDomain":"chill888"}

    recheck your chart

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    #18.1 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:35 AM EDT
    {"commentId":650900,"authorDomain":"chill888"}
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    #18.2 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:37 AM EDT
    {"commentId":652337,"authorDomain":"jyuma"}

    chill

    recheck your chart

    ok

    I checked.

    it's still a penny higher

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    #18.3 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:43 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":650924,"authorDomain":"redruby"}

    Could it be the number of Viners has grown so everyone gets a smaller piece of the pie?

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    Reply#19 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:24 AM EDT
    {"commentId":651072,"authorDomain":"mytake2"}

    My first month and all I did was comment. Well I got my two cents worth. Truthfully, having access to such a wide variety of opinions is worth much more. Thanks people.

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    Reply#20 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:44 AM EDT
    {"commentId":651144,"authorDomain":"YuriyBilokonsky"}

    I made $2.73

    Most yet. I am excitedly awaiting March payday. By April payday I should be able to cash out for the first time.

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    Reply#21 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:30 AM EDT
    {"commentId":651155,"authorDomain":"cos4"}

    I earned twice as much as I got in January, which makes $0.28 in total.

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      Reply#22 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:40 AM EDT
      {"commentId":651187,"authorDomain":"noah"}

      I've still got high hopes for March -- my most active/popular month thus far. But yeah, my earnings are down too for February.

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      Reply#23 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:01 AM EDT
      {"commentId":651242,"authorDomain":"finalcut"}

      I must be a strange bird. Feb was my best month yet, by a decent margin:

      My prior best was last Oct with 4.74
      Feb I pulled in a whopping 5.59

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      Reply#24 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:35 AM EDT
      {"commentId":651258,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

      This maybe outta bounds but I think it would encourage and inspire all even more (or discourage us) if Newsvine posted the top 10 earnings paid each month. Sure, it'd be nice to know who, but honestly that's not even necessary. We all rightly assume to the top folks make the top money anyway. But to know what's possible in my own opinion would give me at least a goal... or at least confirm that I'm a loser. :)

      Ex:

      • 1. Viner A: $75
      • 2. Viner B: $55...
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      #24.1 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:43 AM EDT
      {"commentId":651327,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

      Am I really being so naive when I think that Viners don't come here to earn? Surely not.

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      #24.2 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:14 AM EDT
      {"commentId":651385,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

      I'm sure that some people come in with a grand vision of making good money. That fades after a month or two.

      At that point: You're either here for the community or you give up.

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      #24.3 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:35 AM EDT
      {"commentId":651436,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}

      When I joined, I didn't even know about the earnings part. What Brian says above is absolutely true.

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      #24.4 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:52 AM EDT
      {"commentId":651468,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

      Right on. I came because I ...

      I just remember I covered it all in my piece when I came. Editors should avoid repetition...

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      #24.5 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:01 AM EDT
      {"commentId":651862,"authorDomain":"chill888"}

      I'm sure that some people come in with a grand vision of making good money. That fades after a month or two.

      At that point: You're either here for the community or you give up.

      exactly

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      • 2 votes
      #24.6 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:03 PM EDT
      {"commentId":652447,"authorDomain":"strongbad"}

      I was hoping after they announced the August earnings they would do something similar each month. I completely agree that they should show the top 10 earners each month (with or without names) and maybe even the top 10 of all time.

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      • 3 votes
      #24.7 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:23 PM EDT
      {"commentId":652608,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

      Thanks for the support of that idea Sean. I hope they hurry. This thread is getting more depressing by the minute.

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      #24.8 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:17 PM EDT
      {"commentId":652613,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

      just a thought... or maybe they shouldn't post them... if we all found out that the top people were making some ridiculous amounts it would throw the depressed into a worse depression ... seeing the huge gap and make them think this is some sort of racquet.

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      #24.9 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:19 PM EDT
      {"commentId":652649,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}

      I don't think they'll ever post the names of the top earners, that's for sure. It's a bit of an invasion of privacy, don't you think?

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      #24.10 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:32 PM EDT
      {"commentId":666773,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

      Wouldn't it roughly be the same as the leaderboard for the week and the last three weeks?
      Isn't the cat out of the bag as far as privacy details?

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      #24.11 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:08 PM EDT
      {"commentId":666817,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

      No -- because the leaderboard isn't solely based on page views.

      Watchlist adds factor in heavily -- votes, popular comments made by the user in question, etc.

      Earnings are (so far as I'm aware) determined solely by page views. The top earners earn the most because they are linked from popular websites with tons of traffic.

      Most of that traffic probably does little more than read and move on.

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      #24.12 - Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:32 PM EDT
      {"commentId":668890,"authorDomain":"newsguru"}

      So why not add a category on the leaderboard for pageviews? And we could make our own guesstimates... guess I answered my own question.

      So, Brian, how do they get "linked from the popular websites with tons of traffic"?
      (sorry I'm a laymen...in some things)

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      • 1 vote
      #24.13 - Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:39 PM EDT
      {"commentId":669353,"authorDomain":"brianford"}

      I didn't say I was one of the top earners.

      :)

      The only promotional efforts I do for my own writing: I use my column URL whenever I post a comment on an off-site thread which asks for a website. That way, if people click my name after reading my comment, they're linked to my column. I also recently started cross-posting my articles to my Virb profile (you can cross-post automatically with an RSS feed).

      I doubt very much that either of those bring me many page views.

      I was linked from the BBC one time (don't ask me how) and made John Gruber's linked list on Daring Fireball once -- after posting an interview I conducted with John Gruber.

      Otherwise, my writing is picked up (I assume) because I've been doing it for over a year, now. Consistency is probably a big part of it.

      Still, I imagine I'm out page-viewed by many, many other Viners and that is probably because I'm out-written and out-classed by many, many other Viners. (And in some cases, they promote their stuff more than I do.)

      :)

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      #24.14 - Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:59 PM EDT
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      {"commentId":651348,"authorDomain":"allpurpose"}

      Maybe we will have another big month like we did in December. Im trying to pay for gas to the Newsvine Convention

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      Reply#25 - Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:21 AM EDT
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