October 24, 2007
PayPerPost’s New PPP Rank
Written by: Juanchito
Today I decided to re-watch the video that Ted from PayPerPost posted about Argus’s new stats program. I’m sure that all the people who participate in PayPerPost have been watching Argus closely to see what the next iteration of PayPerPost will look like. It has been months since any really major changes to the system have been implemented. I’d say we’re all getting a little antsy, but maybe a lot of people using PayPerPost don’t really care. They’re just enjoying the money they make from blogging. Either way, here’s the unfocused video that Ted posted to the PPP blog recently.
While re-watching this video, I listed off each of the tabs that are shown (and luckily I think I was able to make out). They included: vistors, page views, ppp rank, alexa rank, google pr.
The only one that is really that surprising to me is the PPP Rank. I can’t believe I haven’t heard more people raging about this PPP Rank. I wonder how PPP is going to handle this ranking system. Is it going to be like Alexa ranking where it is updated daily and is easily gamed? Will it become a filter that advertisers use a lot? I think that this is going to drive a lot of people nuts. I can already see the posts on the forum about someone’s PPP rank being low and how PPP is discriminating against small time bloggers. Let me just cut that off now. It’s not PPP that is discriminating against you. It’s advertisers and advertisers dollars that don’t like you. So, start putting the blame where blame is due.
Regardless of all the hooplah that will occur over the PPP rank, I’m interested to see where I rank amongst the approximately 60k bloggers on payperpost. It’s really hard to make a guess since there are a lot of factors that PPP could use to determine rank. If they just do traffic, then my prediction is as follows:
Smuggle Me Blog – 5,267 PPP Rank
Something for Nothing – 4,345 PPP Rank
What’s your prediction on where your blogs will rank amongst the 60k PPP bloggers?
I’m sure that Mike Arrington is going to have another heyday (however you spell that) when Argus comes out. I’m just surprised that Mike doesn’t seem to have a clue what’s already going on at PayPerPost with Argus.
No one is raging yet because there’s nothing over which to rage at this point. It’s all speculation, so why waste the energy (and possibly incur ill will)?
I’m delighted to think PPP is moving toward a traffic-based system, although my blogs probably don’t fare nearly as well as I’d like. I have a die-hard minority of dedicated readers, but certainly not the numbers of any big traffic site.
Which is about the ONLY reason I’m not ramming my head against the wall after taking a dive from PR5 for FOUR solid years to a PR3 after having begun sponsored reviews.
Well I can agree with you on the idea of not raging because it’s all speculation. However, my past history with PPP tells me that a lot of people like to speculate and rage over speculation. That’s why I’m still surprised.
I’m sure we all wish that our blogs were bigger. At least most of us. It will be interesting to see where we land amongst all the posties.
PPP rankings or no, PPP will do what they want to do. It’s their business, so they can and I don’t have any problem with people running their business any way they wish. I grow weary of worrying over things like that and PR and all of it. I’m back to blogging the way I used to, before any of that mattered to me.
Great post, by the way!
Ann,
I agree that PPP can definitely do whatever they’d like to do and whatever they think they need to do to be successful. I’ve always said that advertisers should come first for PPP. Bloggers will come if there are enough advertisers.
I don’t really worry about PR and stuff too much. Although when you’re making money doing something you can’t help but be interested in what happens to it.
Of course, PPP rank (which Ted told me today is not the name) is just something interesting to think and talk about. Not to worry about. Just to get excited about.
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