How much is each post worth?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by miked, Feb 14, 2006.

  1. #1
    quote from wired news interview with Harold Davis:

    "As for money, people who are really in the business of making a living off content pages say they average about $10 a page per year. That would be a pretty good average. Usually, it's not enough to make a living on, but it's a good supplement."

    What do you think? Does this seem about right to you? Obviously, it all depends on your topic as some topics pay better than others.
     
    miked, Feb 14, 2006 IP
  2. T0PS3O

    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    Mine's about $4.75 a post a year. But I'm not really blogging for $$$ and with the hosted blogger it's a pain to get the ads optimized. Can;t even get Chtikia INSIDE the post.
     
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    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    I have content pages that I make $10 a day with. Others far less. If you are only making $10/page/year, I think you are doing something wrong.
     
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    brandondrury Peon

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    Could you please define "contented page", please?

    I'm assuming a "contended page" is a high quality article with information that people can actually benefit from.

    Brandon
     
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    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    and contented page is a page that is happy, I guess.

    A content page is a page with information that people digest and/or use (maybe come back to).
     
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  6. miked

    miked Peon

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    I would expect the $10/page/year is an average across all your pages. Some can do fantastically well, while others fall flat.

    I would expect a content page is an article with information, not necessarily a 'high quality' page.

    I should mention that Darren mentioned this at problogger.net and he thought this estimate was conservative for some of his (I'm assuming camera) blogs, but three times higher than what he makes for problogger itself.
     
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  8. miked

    miked Peon

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    On my best (but newest) blog, I get about 48 cents a day with about 100 posts currently. That equates to around .0048 cents a day for each post. Or about $1.75 per post over the year.

    I expect that number to improve, however.
     
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    So going with the $10 / page idea, if you had 1000 pages on your site, you'd expect to make $10,000 per year.

    I would have thought that this would have been higher, but I'm still early in the game.

    Brandon
     
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    aptillu Well-Known Member

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    I am also very very new to this game.I was thinking of registering for my first blog so gathering some info and came across this post but the figures are really really cooool and intresting.
    I am sorry if i am going offtopic but can anyone please tell me where can i find A,B,C of earning through blog?I want to start from very basics.
     
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    Are you looking for a "hosted" blog, a service like blogger.com? Or are you looking to use something like Wordpress, and maintain your own site on a paid server?

    Just google for "blog guide" and you'll find what you need. :cool:
     
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  12. miked

    miked Peon

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    Go to problogger.net and start reading. It will give you a good idea of how to get it going. I like performancing.com, too.
     
    miked, Feb 27, 2006 IP