Who was it? Such vague information. No city, no state. Just Blackberry... like the name of a place on a law school exam.
Or is it somewhere near Witchita, Kansas?
Ah, well, thanks to everyone who is reading. Do you have any idea how much it means to me?
June 10, 2008
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"Do you have any idea how much it means to me?"
Possibly.
Is it a monetary or sentimental meaning? Would you eat another egg salad sandwich for another visit? Or would someone have to pay?
Alan, neither. Obviously.
Ah, Christ, doc, we love you too!
Does it mean this much?
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Ann:
How does 14 million (over 3-4 years of course) compare to a small-market newspaper? Any idea? I bet you beat, on a per month visitor basis, some of those declining Madison newspapers.
So, let's talk about us, your adoring fan base, now. What now, do you take us all out to lunch, so to speak, or are the dividend checks in the mail?
Personally, congratulations on this milestone. Your blog has an interesting set of long term commenters, of which I'm a "new kid," and your style seems to work well. I don't understand how you and Glenn Reynolds are able to handle your other activities so well and keep on top of other web happenings too.
Thanks for everything!
No, not really. But that's how it works; it's the natural progression of things.
In short: So it goes.
I appreciate your willingness to share your insight. Thank you for your continued efforts to improve on our conversation.
Do you have any idea how much it means to me?
About $50,000 a year. Is that close?
"Ah, well, thanks to everyone who is reading."
No. Thank you.
Congrats.
How does Sitemeter deal with RSS feeds? I couldn't quite figure it out. I generally come over here to read the posts because I like reading the comments, but not always.
No, how much does it mean? I'm sure there are intangible benefits, but focusing on the baser things, does anyone know how much cold hard cash is Althouse is raking in with this blog thing?
Can we estimate? Here are some sources of revenue, there may be others too...
--I see that the total collected on the Amazon honor system is $869. The Paypal donate doesn't say.
--On Althouse, buying a regular ad costs $150 / week, a premium ad is $225. I think there are more, but assuming there is space for one regular ad and one premimum ad, and 50% of the ad space is purchased (is that too high or low?), then that works out to $7,800 + $11,700 = $19,500.
--Add to that Amazon referral fees (maybe $1000 / year? I have no idea...)
--That works out to probably around $20-25K / year in cash.
And I'm sure she also gets sent free gadgets, books, and what not.
Not bad for a performance art project, I'd say.
But I bet if you look at the total hours she spends blogging, it's probably less than minimum wage.
Bissage is very aware of his own mortality . . . as well as that of others.
He greatly envies those oblivious to their own.
Envies?
Yes.
Trusts?
Never.
God bless Althouse.
Was that too cryptic for some of you people?
Good.
Althouse gets it.
Of that I'm sure.
Thank you, Ann.
I'm sure in a former life you hosted a salon in Paris in the 19th century.
But what if the 14 million visitors were actually your 14 regular posters each visiting your blog 1 million times?
Could be, ya know.
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