Some members indicated to us this week that certain battles on Battle of the Blogs were stalled and would not finish properly.
We have been looking for the bug and have found it this morning. Battle of the Blogs should be working fine again. If anyone sees their battles getting stalled still please send us a support ticket so we can track it.
Thanks for your patience as we continue to make changes across BlogExplosion.
We have been making changes to the BE Podcast Directory to make it easier for members to use and provide additional information along the way.
1. VideoCasts have been added now where members can watch vidcasts submitted by BlogExplosion members
2. If you click on View Details we now break down the feed with information of each entry in the feed
You will need QuickTime and-or Windows Media Player to watch the videos depending on the file type in the feed.
NOTE: We have over 100 podcasts and videocasts to approve here still. We are still working on our scripts to read the feeds and display the videocasts properly. Please be patient with us as it takes time to get everything working properly.
Just a quick note that we have addressed several bugs in BlogCharm including your personal profile page that was not displaying birth dates correctly.
We have received hundreds of ideas to make the service better still and our team is dedicated to making BlogCharm the best it can be.
Also we want to send out a huge thanks to everyone who has been helping explain how things work on BlogCharm to other new members. It keeps the number of incoming support tickets down and again I appreciate all of your help. We are really busy right now and with members helping us it allows the BE team to concentrate on programming and developing.
So the big question we are getting obviously is how will members of BlogCharm get paid?
- I can tell you that all payouts (no exceptions) will be made via Paypal because it offers us the best protection against cheaters.
- I can tell you that payouts will be based on a variety of factors including total traffic, total unique traffic, total number of posts, total number of quality posts (so members that post 40 times a day with junk will be paid accordingly) and number of comments. There will be an extensive formula applied to calculate member payouts.
- I can tell you that BlogCharm members will have different options in terms of making money with your blog and includes some really innovative and progressive ideas that no other blog host is doing right now. We will find the best paying options to maximize earnings for all BlogCharm members.
- I can tell you that you will make money with your blog each and every day. We want to set reasonable expections here and you may not be making tons of money (especially for new blogs) but you will be making something each day.
We will be asking BlogCharm members to set up their payment options over the next few weeks as we approach the March 1st launch. We will also be staging various tests with paid ads over that time to make sure we are ready. Lots of more information will be released each week so keep blogging and get ready as we get closer to our official launch date.
First of all a big thanks to everyone who has signed up to BlogCharm so far and helping us by forwarding bugs in the software and providing quality feedback. We have made several updates since yesterday and things are running much better already.
BlogCharm network stats to date
Total Users: 526 users
Total Weblogs: 557 weblogs
Total Entries: 874 entries
Total Comments: 101 comments
Now we realize that membership growth will not continue at this rate and that many blogs activated yesterday still do not have posts on them yet, but overall the BlogExplosion team is very happy with the response we received so far.
Recent Changes Made
1. Both the Network Stats and Who’s Online is visible from the main page on the bottom left at any time.
2. On member blogs in the top thinbar the Random Blog link is now working. We hope to add some additional scripting where the random blog feature only brings you to the most recently updated blogs rather than any blog currently in the system.
3. The BlogCharm Blog Directory is now working where we display blogs by category. You can also see that the Blog Directory will also be a sponsored area where members share in any sponsorship revenues generated.
Known Bugs Still
1. Handling of profile information like birthday not showing up properly on your member profile page
2. Search
3. Some potential copy-paste issues in post builder for specific browsers
Remember this site is only a couple days old and there is lots of work to be done still over the next month. We too see the areas of concern in terms of managing your blog and we are working on improving all tools across the site to make BlogCharm easier to use.
Are you Charmed?
Why not get paid for something you love to do?
Join BlogCharm the free blog host where members get paid to blog!
BlogCharm will be introducing a whole new way for bloggers to enjoy building a blog and get paid doing it!
Our question to bloggers everywhere…
Why should blog hosts keep all of the revenue when it is the bloggers that do all of the hard work?
So how do I get paid and how does BlogCharm work?
BlogCharm will pay members by splitting all advertising inventory and sponsorships.
- On member blogs the top thinbar will contain text ads where members will share 50% of the inventory and revenues generated from them. This will be a mixture of paid ads where members get paid each time their blog is seen and not just when somebody clicks on an advertisement which works much differently than programs like AdSense. Each time your blog is seen you get paid !!
- BlogCharm even goes further to make money for members where we split site sponsorship revenues 50/50 as well.
For example. If we sell a main page sponsorship for $500 per month members will split 50% of the total take. Nobody else is doing this!
NOTE: BlogCharm members will still be able to add AdSense ads directly on their blogs and earn 100% of those revenues
When can I start making money on BlogCharm?
The BlogExplosion team is coding the Ad Center now where members can track how much money they are making from their BlogCharm blog.
Expected Launch Date of the BlogCharm Ad Center : March 1st
Eventhough the paid advertising is not turned on yet it still makes sense to develop your blog and build your readership now. The more you have developed your blog between now and March 1st means the more revenue you will be making once we leave BETA
BlogCharm is still in BETA and we need help over the next month or so getting everything operational.
Known BlogCharm issues to be addressed
- search
- blog directory
- random next blog
- keeping logged in properly across all browsers
Get blogging and help us build up a network of blogs so we can demand more money for site sponsorships! As a blog network everyone will be included in the rewards and as the bigger the blog network grows the more we can sell sponsorships for. That means more money to you!
Check out BlogCharm now and get blogging!
Well none of the BE team has slept for some time now and we are still coding here as Friday evening is already upon us.
Our Blog Hosting product is 99% done. Well it is done..
There are a couple of things we want to test here before it goes live and since I can barely see the computer screen anymore we will wait until we are rested before it goes to production.
We will be making the announcement as soon as our designer makes the final changes here. Make sure to look out for updates this weekend.
Members..
Expect an announcement from BlogExplosion tomorrow where we will officially announce our blog hosting product!
This will work VERY differently than any other blog host out there as we think that bloggers deserve something bigger and better than what is available on the internet today and promises to be a smash hit with bloggers everywhere.
BE Blog Hosting will definitely launch in BETA and we need your help to find bugs in the software and to provide lots of feedback to what can be improved on.
This is going to be a very special day for BlogExplosion and our team will be up most of the night getting ready to get this out the door.
BlogExplosion now offers 155 new games in the BlogExplosion Arcade. Pick from a huge variety of action, strategy, sports and puzzle games to play. We hope to add new games every few weeks to keep things exciting.
Check it out and play games now!
BlogExplosion has made 3 updates to Battle of the Blogs today that will improve overall functionality and make BOTB much more enjoyable to play..
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1. Click on Show on Blog and you now can show your BOTB ranking right on your blog. Just cut and paste a line of code and show your Battle of the Blogs rank! |
2. Members can now CANCEL challenges waiting to be accepted in the case you have a battle with no takers
3. When logged in you will only see outstanding challenges that either are the same category as your blog or Battle All Challenges.
These changes mean no more long waits for new challenges and should make Battle of the Blogs run much smoother moving forward. With these changes it also means that the BE Daily Traffic Lottery is one step closer to launch as well.
Looking to listen to some music while reading other blogs?
BlogExplosion is proud to announce the launch of BE Radio where you can listen to CD quality music 24 hours a day!
You can play BE Radio directly from your browser or from your favorite MP3 player like Windows Media Player or WinAmp
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Note: We are still working out bugs in the player and currently is not loading properly in Firefox. If you are having problems listening to BE Radio then try using WinAmp as the default player. |
Is this BE Radio thing legal?
- Yes. BlogExplosion is a legal internet radio station and has partnered with Live365 where we pay royalties for all songs played.
It will take the BlogExplosion team a week or so to finish up BE Radio where you can actually request songs and update other functionality to make your listening experience that much better.
We are also VERY pleased to announce that well-known radio personality and voice JJ McKay will be working with BlogExplosion to help us with voice-overs and help getting us started out.
We plan to feature music from BlogExplosion members with so many talented musicians present, special radio shows on blogging and other customized programming to make BE Radio a truely unique listening experience.
Stay tuned for additional details!