Submit Your BlogPosts at BloggersBase
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A lot of successful blogs have more than one author. Most of the ‘famous’ bloggers I doubt rarely even blog themselves anymore and often open up to guest posters. Just like here at Blog About Your Blog, we’ve never had just one author. BloggersBase has taken that idea and ran with it.
BloggersBase Review
“BloggersBase is a citizen journalism magazine powered by YOU!”
The layout looks great and diving into this website I think it is a great concept. You the blogger rate, publish, and view the articles you want to read on a variety of topics.
You can earn money by being a top blogger as well as referring bloggers to the site. You can of course build links to your own sites in the posts you submit. Of course, you can also read great articles by bloggers.
However, in my opinion, the system is complex and a little difficult to understand, especially if you’re not familiar with a blog like this. Terms like Nuggets and Goldmine are thrown around. Even after reading what they mean I am still slightly confused. I could imagine others having the same problems and not trying at all. Basically you have to ‘prove yourself’ as a blogger before you hit the front pages. As a newcomer, you can post in any blog that you want a contender post, in a location which is a little out of the way and not very visible. Such a post is denoted a “Nugget”, marked with a golden-nugget icon to indicate its potential and its residence is called the blog’s Goldmine.
So instead, the process needs to be a bit more simple. Instead of all of these terms and a long list of how the site works it really can be easier. Similar sites to BloggersBase just promote the articles through the website based on votes. A certain amount of votes can get you to the front page, just like any social network.
BloggersBase is still young and appears to only be a month or two old. I imagine they will find out what works best for them as well as their bloggers. They have the set-up, the quality, and the incentive for bloggers to blog.
Rewards and Referrals
I’m big on incentive especially when blogging on other sites. Whether it’s compensation, or link building, Bloggers Base has both.
The top two bloggers in a certain ‘timeslot’ (I think it’s a week) earn money. First place receives $40, while second place receives $10. On the BloggersBase blog, they announced their top blogger amabaie, won two weeks in a row, cashing in a cool $80. Not bad for a few articles. (amabaie is at it again winning first place and second a few times, bringing his total to $150)
The other way to earn money is to refer bloggers to BloggersBase. Each time one of your referrals earns money you will get a bonus as well. They don’t exactly say how much you will get which is unfortunate and definitely needs to be added. After you earn $20 or more you can cash out with Paypal.
Update: Since this review was published BloggersBase has went ahead and updated their referral payouts. You will be awarded exactly the same money prizes as your referred users do, up to 3 wins per user. So if they person you refer wins as a top blogger, you get the same amount they do.
BloggersBase Verdict
I think BloggersBase has a really good idea and set-up. After this review I may just submit a few articles and see how it goes. Take a look and leave me a comment on what you think of the website.
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Gennaro said:
Looks like an interesting site. I’ve seen a few similar sites starting to develop over the past few weeks. One of these will hit it big in 2009. I recently tried Blog Engage/Blog Serp. Worth a try.
January 21st, 2009 at 6:41 pm -
tech mogo said:
I’m seeing this concept more and more… Did they push much traffic to you?
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:13 am -
florida renters insurance said:
Sounds like a great idea. Unfortunately, not all great ideas are implemented in the best possible way in the beginning. Maybe the shortcomings will be improved upon in the future.
January 25th, 2009 at 4:39 pm -
Minnesota Attorney said:
BloggerBase reminds me a bit of Digg, but with a whole different approach. It will be interesting to watch as BloggerBase grows with time.
February 1st, 2009 at 5:10 am -
Paroshep said:
I won a bottle of scotch on BloggersBase:
http://parosparadise.blogspot.com/2009/02/prize-winning-blog.htmlCheers,
February 4th, 2009 at 6:37 am -
Jay said:
Damn, I’m seeing this review all over the place nowadays!
Jay
February 10th, 2009 at 3:49 pm -
Arizona Culinary Schools said:
Sounds cool. Are you allowed to submit any previously published article? or it has to be unique?
February 11th, 2009 at 1:16 am -
Meji - 365HUSTLE.com said:
You aren’t the only one Jay. Nice review though I’m seriously thinking about checking it out sometime.
February 19th, 2009 at 7:43 am -
Youth Soccer Rules said:
I’ve seen a lot of reviews about BloggersBase recently and it looks like a really interesting concept and site.
I think it will experience some good growth soonFebruary 21st, 2009 at 5:13 pm -
pdr tools said:
Thanks for the review. It will be interesting to see how long it lasts.
BTW, the site itself may be new but the domain has been around since 2007. Registered out of Israel.
February 25th, 2009 at 6:30 am -
Top Underwater Digital Camera Reviews said:
Sweet looking site – sounds good to me if I can get paid to submit my articles (bit like freelancing I guess)
February 28th, 2009 at 11:35 pm -
Kawasaki motorcycles said:
sounds like gr8 idea…i guess dis will just rock dis year…
Thnx 4 sharing 🙂March 2nd, 2009 at 10:13 pm -
Ian said:
Thanks for the tip – I will check Blogger Base out.
April 18th, 2009 at 3:55 am -
Dorset web design said:
Why dont we make something like community or group based between bloggers internationally?
April 21st, 2009 at 10:46 am -
midori said:
Thanks for the review.Sound good and ready to have a try!
April 27th, 2009 at 9:38 am -
goutman said:
thank you for useful information, I will submit my site now
April 30th, 2009 at 5:26 am -
Ned Carey said:
OK despite the comments above about this being mentioned all over the place, this is the first I have heard of it, so thanks for the info. I’ve been thinking about writing for other blogs and doing some article marketing so I will definitely check this out.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:38 pm -
Mind Ruin said:
I have been trying to find a place to find people that would like to guest post on one of my blogs, I guess ill just have to wait until my blog is more popular.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:05 pm -
Codrut Turcanu I Affiliate Expert said:
hmm… I like the idea, and the service looks promising.
look, they have a 5 page rank so far. it’s worth trying!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:25 am