Just a wave of thought I had explaining why you should google yourself at some point in time.
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Today I made a rather nice discovery, although, quite surprising! I will now be forced to admit after reading an article on here on Triond by DiverseBlogger, I , after a long time actually googled myself to see what I would come up with.(LOL)
The last time I did this was about three or four years ago and until I read DiverseBloggers article, which gave me a really good giggle if I do say so, I hadn’t really thought of it. Anyways to get on with it, I discovered that one of my articles, ‘Why Gardening is Good For You’ had been quoted on ABC Action News in one of the their popular stories which was ‘Seven ways to make you happier’. My article was accredited for one of those ways.There was no copyright infringement in this case because they gave me full credit adding my name ,article and link.
What I would like to say about all of this is that if I hadn’t of googled myself I would never have known about this. Regardless to say you never know where your articles are going to get you unless you actually check!I I did also find many of them in numerous other sites I hadn’t known about so I think from now on I will be checking more often!
To wrap this thought up I would like to say that if you can envision some cheesy advertisement with the drums rolling and a high pitched voice, here goes, ‘Why not try Googling yourself today! You never do know where your name will end up!’ For some reason I can see a roll of toilet paper in this advertisement. (LOL)
On a more serious note, another issue that has arisen in my mind from this is that Triond itself has gotten massive advertising from this article, whereas it was on ABC live news in popular stories and as for my article, up to date I have only received 14 cents for it! I think for that kind of coverage it should be worth more then 14 cents and I think if anyone can bring this kind of coverage to the table for Triond they should get more then cents. I would be happy with an extra dollar!
I did write Triond about this matter and after a couple of days I have finally gotten a response, Triond’s statement was ‘No. Our revenue share program with our users is a very intricate process that can not be altered. Revenue depends entirely on the amount of views the work accumulates mixed with the type of ads that are placed next to the work.’
Well doesn’t that suck! Can’t blame a girl for trying though, sheesh the things we will do to make a extra cent around here. (LOL)
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September 14th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Quite informative and envy stirring. Nobody ever quotes me. Of course, I never make people happy. I’m going to mend my ways. Good work, young lady.
September 14th, 2009 at 7:30 am
That is a good suggestion. It’s a good boost to a writer’s ego, too. I haven’t tried googling my articles lately. Congratulations for being quoted on the ABC news.
September 14th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Splendid article Mystify. Nice going…
September 14th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Very good article!! Thank you for mentioning me in your article and I truly and grateful for it! I am so shocked LOL. Thanks again and keep up the excellent work
September 14th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Good aritcle. I’m going to google everything i’ve ever written right now. Thanks pal. Well done.
September 14th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I’m going to try this……NOW!!
September 14th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Atikins article about me and my fellow Triond photographers appears on page 5 of Googling my own name!!!!
September 14th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Gotta say, I liked it. =)
I just signed up with this site today, but It sucks you only got 14 cents. =(
I’d give you an extra quarter if I could, but I cant. lol
But I liked reading this. =]
September 14th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Great article.
September 14th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Nice and interesting read.
September 14th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Congratulations. For just being recognized, that would really make my day. I know it made yours great. Keep sharing.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:07 am
good article I agree the revenue should be a little more I don’t think i will see a payout for a long time only at 29 cents
September 15th, 2009 at 2:21 am
Good article and happy for being recognized. For your article, I totally agree with you.
September 15th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I’ll try googling..=)
September 15th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
haha, thumbs up for the article! I still wonder who on earth came up with that name “google” lol
September 17th, 2009 at 10:25 am
great powerful write..thanks for the share..stay blessed my friend..your fan..obikelvin
September 19th, 2009 at 8:47 am
It’s not always the best writers who make money. I.F. Stone was an excellent journalist, but he didn’t make as much money as a lot of writers. (I disagree with Stone’s political philosophy, but he was an excellent critic of the American government.)