Slate has an interesting look at the blog market that shows why we should not expect to ever make any money off of MF in the foreseeable future:
There are troubling signs—akin to the 1999 warnings about the Internet bubble—that suggest blogs have just hit their top:
The Magazine Cover Indicator The Smart Guys Cashing Out The Excited Dinosaurs and
The Gullible Latecomers
So when the blog bubble bursts does that mean we’ll stop seeing lame Google ads/half-baked merchandizing/personal ads/Amazon Associates and/or J-List tie ins on all these personal websites? Here’s hoping!
I for one don’t blog for the money…
I blog because I have so much to say. It’s my own personal soapbox. And as long as there is air in my lungs and the strength in my fingers to type, I’ll be blogging in one form or another.
And an Internet populated by people worth broadcasting to, of course. If there were no one for me to get a reaction from this wouldn’t be interesting.
If there were no one for me to get a reaction from it would be pretty much like it is now.
Wot?
Are those lame Google ads we spy in the MF sidebar?
Two reasons: one, I wanted to see how the ads thing actually works in case I’m involved in some other commercial site, and two, to cover the hosting fee. There’s basically no chance of ever making real income.