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You might remember last week I posted about Creative Reporter, a service that pays you for a copy of your blog content, even if you keep it active on your own blog. I thought this sounded great, so I promised to test it out and report back to you. Why? Because I'm an incredibly nice person :)
Here's a quote from a press release by Creative Weblogging on September 4th:
Reporters will also earn US$10 for each 1,000 page views in the Creative Weblogging system when they get published.
Guess what? The post I submitted to the site (you can find it here) has now received over 1,000 pageviews! Woot woot! But wait. Here's a quote from the site's homepage today:
Q: How much will I earn?
A: That depends on how often your article will be read. We currently pay $9 per 1,000 Page Views. So if 10,000 readers click on the site in a good case scenario you will be credited $100 for this submission.
So have they cut their payments by $1? It looks like they might have. But on the other hand, those figures don't add up at all: if they're paying $9 per thousand, that's $90 for 10,000, not $100. Either way it makes no sense.
My conclusion? They're insane. Bonkers. Completely barking. It's the only explanation.