Today.com is not paying new bloggers
@unusualsuspect (2602)
United States
January 14, 2009 10:09am CST
Today.com has changed how it pays people, and new bloggers will not be paid for their posts during their first month. Blogs are reviewed every thirty days, and if you have posted regularly and your page views are going up enough, you may be promoted to V.I.P status, which means you will be paid $1.00 a day for one post of at least 100 words. For new bloggers, your only income will be at the usual page view rate: $2.00 per thousand. Payout is $50.00, so it may not be worth it for most people to blog just for page views.
I've been blogging with today.com for almost three months and I've seen a lot of spam blogs started up, and a lot that have barely the minimum words, with little or no useful information. This is probably why today.com has changed their pay rate--so that people who just want an easy dollar a day won't sign up. If you have a good topic that you are willing to develop, and if you are willing to work actively at building your readership, today.com is a nice place to blog. But if you're just after that quick dollar a day, forget it.
You should also know that today.com has restrictions on what you can post. No advertising of your own, and no referral links.
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9 responses
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
15 Jan 09
i am really interested to join this one and i was planning to. but i guess i will not going any more to join this site. cause my blog has only small page views. and will in no way get accepted or be paid.
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@unusualsuspect (2602)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Hotsummer, that isn't the way it works. You don't add an existing blog to their network; you create a new one.
@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Wow, I was going to sign up there. But now I believe it could be a waste of my time. I believe more sites are changing the way they pay because of the useless information people are posting. If we are going to do something we should do it well so these sites will continue to reward us and we can actually make money online. 
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@unusualsuspect (2602)
• United States
15 Jan 09
Tammy, you're right that we need to do a good job, but that's not always enough. One writing forum has posts by a lot of people who wrote for Today. Most of their blogs are about writing. They're well-written and informative, but they don't bring in thousands of readers. That's the bottom line.
@paid2write (5201)
•
15 Jan 09
I think that is a positive move. It should ensure quality bloggers join, and not just people looking for easy money.
I have not joined today.com because I blog at another paid blogging site. I know I would have earned more money from Today if I had started blogging there, and I may yet start a new blog at Today.
@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
14 Jan 09
I think that's good news for those older bloggers with blogs with something worth reading. There are a lot of sites that start off paying good money for your input and end up with a lot of spam and plagiarism so they change the rules. I probably won't get paid the $1 per day because I don't blog every day, but that's OK. I'd rather see the pay rate go down than see Today.com go down in the ratings due to low quality blogs.
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
14 Jan 09
Thank you for telling me this. I was planning on joining this site because someone told me that I could make some money from the blog I made in this place. I wonder why they started to do something like this because I think it would not be nice. But I don't want to write something and not getting paid like what you said, that today.com is no longer paying for the new blogger.
I am very thankful because I don't have to waste my time writing for this place. Thanks, unusualsuspect. And good luck...
@unusualsuspect (2602)
• United States
14 Jan 09
Thanks. That's why I posted this--so people wouldn't waste their time if they're looking for payment right away.
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@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
15 Jan 09
Hey,
Oh man, I was about to sign up. Oh well I think that I will just look for other means of making money with my blog. There are many other ways which are better and pay you more money. Happy MyLotting everybody!
@marymarj2002 (1769)
• Philippines
15 Jan 09
Thank you for the post. Actually I have read some discussions here and he/she was paid above 90 dollars for three months. It sounds like it is a big amount but if that is the case well I think I will be looking for other sites too.
@zandy985186 (434)
• China
15 Jan 09
Thank you for your introductions.I could not to join this site because i can't write English blog.
@venkataraman_vc (5293)
• Chennai, India
14 Jan 09
It seems to be a positive move. For people who really have the stuff and want extra money, this is a good news. Also the probability of their page getting viewed increases. I wonder why people always try to cheat whatever system provided to earn free money. Seems asking them to pay fees only will keep them away.
I don't see anything negative with Todaydotcom's move. Hope they really pay.
Well. How do they generate the money to pay the bloggers?
