What is Digg?48 Comments
- KevinWhite, on 11/28/2007, -0/+7You realize this submission was from MrBabyMan...
- zbeauvais, on 11/28/2007, -1/+7Exactly, the money isn't in the long tail (at least not more than 20%). You need a long lever to leverage that kind of bulk. Amazon began growing its lever by adding more and more books and features, as they grew. They are now a platform, which supports a long tail. You need clout, a well-thought-out business model, and scalability to get money from the tail. You also can't aim too far down the tail-Amazon still sells the top ten after all!
- QGYH2, on 11/28/2007, -3/+8Dugg for being tragically true.
- wootup, on 11/28/2007, -1/+5I know lots of people who make their living from blogs or blog style sites. this article is really just an opinion piece; nothing more. There is lots of money out there for people who know what they are doing.
- megaton, on 11/28/2007, -0/+3The Long Tail empowers merchants, not content creators. The essence of the Long Tail is that it provides value in aggregating niche products and services by leveraging the sheer volume of choices. In something de-centralized like blogging, there is no merchant or retailer so there is no Long Tail, and therefore no value to the content creators; in this case, bloggers.
- xenlab, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2Blogging for dollars = sure way to fail
There is no scheme. Good content makes money - period. - mentol, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2There may not be money on the long tail because big bloggers get it now.
Look at techcrunch, do you think he would give a damn 5 years from today if he manages to make 10M during that time? - xenlab, on 11/29/2007, -0/+2Which you only get when you actually finish the book. :)
- slashbot, on 11/28/2007, -2/+4That is because people do not care what most bloggers think....
Only a select few are worth reading and just so happen to be the ones making money. - mstrebe, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2Dugg down for being tragically obvious
- listrophy, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail
Amazon has benefited from the long tail... despite the low popularity of any one niche book, since Amazon has a large volume of these niche books, they turn a profit (apparently). - inactive, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2This is why you see so many blogs that are really devoid of content. One person can try to be the "amazon of blogs" simply by having so many of them devoted to a narrow slice of different topics. I imagine it works for some people but it would clearly be a full-time job and not easy to maintain.
But clearly true. If you were not an early blog adopter then it is a challenge to become a single popular site (and stay that way). You really need to come up with something unique and with 800 trillion blogs it is difficult to actually stand out. Not only that but if you DO come up with something that catches people's attention you'll be beset by 50 then 100 and then 1000s of copycat sites (lolcats for example) and you'd best keep innovating to stay at the top.
Finally, this isn't unique to the blogosphere. It is pretty much applicable to just about anything people want to make a lot of money at. - inactive, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2I think the comment by the Amazon guy was meant to be cute. They clearly make most of their money from top sellers BUT they make a lot more off the longish tails than a smaller retailer could. Being in that space first has allowed them to drive down the cost of inventory and to automate most of their operations. "How to goodbye depression using anal clinchings, malarkey or effective way" (real book, I promise) probably does not sell many titles but it probably costs Amazon almost nothing to maintain it as an available title. It would not surprise me if selling just one of those books would provide enough profit to cover inventory cost for the whole title for 5 years.
- MatTipton, on 11/28/2007, -0/+2party on, Ted.... *air guitar*
- inactive, on 11/28/2007, -0/+1Another blog about blogging. *sigh*
- PremiumBitter, on 11/28/2007, -0/+1It's correct of me to call this irony, yes?
- MikeonTV, on 11/28/2007, -6/+7"a popular news service called Digg. It is well known that there are power users on that site who are highly influential. How did that happen? Simply - they were among the first users of the service"
What a silly thing to say. We know that in order to make money you need traffic (and not content), but to say that there are a select 'power-users' who control all that is just asinine.
More thinking and less finding stock clip art to thicken your article. - Luthorcorp331, on 11/28/2007, -0/+1I liken it to gold rush fever where a handful suddenly strike it rich then 200 million people come running to try to cash in. Once any market is saturated the profits go to the toilet.
Basic economics so just write for the fun of it and if you score some beer money then all the better. :) - hiPpymIck, on 11/28/2007, -0/+1forgot..
to be fair - shes not giving up without a fight
theres also stuff about the pubic hairs found in two(!) fries on the same visit to the In N Out burger - SemiSarcastic, on 11/28/2007, -1/+2Everything and I mean EVERYTHING has a hierarchy structure in society don't think that just because this is the internet its any different. If you don't want it to be that way get rid of all the people who use it.
- MatTipton, on 11/28/2007, -0/+1Actually, I've changed my mind and given it a harsher judgement... this article isn't just BS... this article is COMPLETE BS.
- inactive, on 11/28/2007, -0/+1this blog is in the long tail.
- ralftom, on 12/21/2008, -0/+1all depends what are you doing with your blog.Keep it updated,give the people what they want,make sure to submit your blogpst to several places so that a lot of people see them.Gues what?You will always make money with blogging.Use wordpress and make sure your blog is updated.
- bot001220, on 11/29/2007, -0/+1This is exactly the reason why most people who have something to say online can't manage to make any money from it.
- inactive, on 02/13/2008, -0/+1I agree - your article makes total sense. I am actually running a blog on the truth behind making money blogging right now at http://www.blogspayu.com Lot's there on a similar theme.
- listrophy, on 11/28/2007, -0/+1Indeed, some of us bloggers forsake the use of ads on our own sites. I blog for the message, not the money.
On a related note, if I were to plug my blog in this post with no expectation of ad revenue, is it still considered spamming? - xenlab, on 11/29/2007, -0/+1You're missing the point.
- skyteria, on 11/28/2007, -1/+2You run your blog because your a Anne Coulter wannabe.
- Atsumori, on 11/28/2007, -3/+3I'm for blogging for the sake of blogging, not for money.
- Wargalas, on 11/28/2007, -1/+1First off, it's "Ann" not "Anne", and secondly, and I know this will make your little liberal head explode, there are people who have political views that differ from your own. You are no more "enlightened" then I am, you don't have a better "understanding" of world problems, you just have a differing opinion then my own. If you don't like it, don't go to the blog. If you want to complain and do nothing about it, like more liberals do, then kindly go ***** yourself.
- 2maro, on 11/13/2008, -0/+0I hope to soon at my 2maro blog to the list of bloggers who make a living online blogging.
I enjoy writing blog posts helping people learn important methods of how to run their Wordpress blog.
I also teach people my methods of Search Engine Optimization, and like I always say.
If you can read this, I must be doing something right. - romantic101, on 12/23/2008, -0/+0http://giftsidea.oggix.org
http://101freedatingtips.blogspot.com/
http://1000-cash-loan-payday-check.blogspot.com/ - Coolaborations, on 11/28/2007, -1/+1So what else is new? At times I find the blogosphere quite hypocritical and even ludicrous -- see e.g. http://asinine.ws/20071118.html (and no, RWW didn't make the "cut", either).....
But simply for voicing my opinion I expect that this comment will be buried by some people -- simply because they don't like my opinion -- so it's only sorta about freedom and stuff like that.... ;D - BevyHost, on 01/30/2008, -0/+0Very good point, but like many other things on the net.......only time (long tail) will tell.
Hopefully you (the ones making a good income) will use your earning wisely ;-) - 2maro, on 11/14/2008, -0/+0Blogs on the rise!
http://2maro.com This is a blog to remember! - xenlab, on 11/29/2007, -1/+1Long Tail isn't Web 2.0
- inactive, on 11/29/2007, -0/+0Yes.
- alfyopare, on 11/28/2007, -2/+2so what you're saying is, the blogoshpere will eventually collapse after dissilusioned bloggers like me realise that there is no money to be made in blogging afterall? i totally disagree with your theory its justa "long tail".
- hiPpymIck, on 11/28/2007, -2/+1i read this example of what it takes to earn $15-30 per product plug on a blog with ~250 readers
http://www.angschickencoop.com/
i think it was the reference to winning a years supply of Freeze it Gel (for her double leg amputee husbands sore stumps).. that made it real
http://www.angschickencoop.com/?p=901 - mstoneburner, on 11/28/2007, -3/+2Actually aren't most of the power users power users because of scripting?
- MatTipton, on 11/28/2007, -3/+1No revelations here. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Seriously, why even bother writing stuff like this down? Was it just an excuse to use the term "long tail"? At least the author does mention that "Collectively" there is money to be made... which is also obvious... but had he neglected to mention that I would have been much much more critical. So to summarize... this article is stating the obvious and it does it in an annoying way using fancy web 2.0 jargon. Basically, if you have half a brain then you are wasting your time by reading it.
- mihainica, on 11/28/2007, -3/+1excellent!
- bjs3171, on 11/28/2007, -8/+6what the ***** is a "long tail"?
- tyfighter, on 11/28/2007, -4/+1Buried for another terrible use of the "long tail" buzzword. Blogosphere was bad enough already.
- b0neman, on 11/28/2007, -5/+1This blogging for money is a tough nut to crack because the "tail" includes people marketing ways to make money blogging on the web. Seems like the only reliable way, besides pr0n, to make blogging money is to come up with some wacky scheme and publish it in an ebook. I've already tried some of these schemes and nothing has paid off so far. In *know*: I'm a big SUCKA! There's definitely been more traffic though. I'm going to stick with it and see if any of this cr@p pans out.
Oh yeah, gimmieadollah fool! - Wargalas, on 11/28/2007, -11/+1I run my blog because it's a passion of mine and I think other's deserve an online forum for political beliefs. I help run it with another fellow and we've been fairly successful at it. But you're right, if it's not your passion, and you're not that smart, you're not going to make a lot of money and you're certainly not going to keep your readers coming back again and again.
www.rightwinglunatic.com
Browsing Digg on your phone just got easier with our enhancements to the 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is