I'm used to it John. There is so much misinformation about what About.com is that after a while you become numb to it. I know I publish good information and that the vast majority of the other authors who work for About do the same. I know the editorial controls, ethic guidelines, and health reviews that articles are subject to. I know that my readers enjoy my lessons. I know that some of the biggest names in photography equipment talk to me as a friend, not just someone to get reviews from.
I also know that we have no "sponsors". We have advertisements but we don't know from one day to the next or even one minute to the next what those ads will be and they in no way influence what we write about. Which is, by the way, totally up to the writers - we're not given a list of "hey, these are hot keywords - churn it out." Anyway, I digress - some will always call us names no matter what the truth actually is. :) ~Liz On 12/16/11 6:37 PM, "John Sessoms" <[email protected]> wrote: >You didn't notice that the link goes to Liz's blog on about.com? 8-D > > >From: Bruce Walker > >> Actually, about.com is entirely a throw-away site. They make their >> money off of SEO marketers who need lots of referral links to their >> sites to boost their Google page ranking. They'll post any old crud as >> long as it contains lots of links or references to the sponsors. >> >> Best to skip about.com and find more authoritative sources for search >>results. >> >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:26 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> on 2011-12-16 13:48 Liz Masoner wrote >>> >>>> >>>>http://photography.about.com/b/2011/12/16/from-the-what-were-they-think >>>>ing- >>>> files.htm >>>> >>>> ?From the so-called article on the Consumerist. >>>> "* Become a photographer. Most photographers will tell you that >>>> persistence is at least as important as skill in creating great work. >>>>If >>>> ?you know people who are looking to take portraits or holding a social >>>> function, offer to shoot it for free and sell them the pictures if >>>>they >>>> like them." >>> >>> i think it's a throwaway article ? most people *are not* going to >>>suddenly >>> make extra cash by "becoming" a photographer or joining fiverr.com; and >>> "sell stuff" is not exactly an eye-opening tip >>> >>> however ? nothing to do with making money ? i do think persisting with >>>my >>> own photography is the key to developing my skills; without >>>persistence, >>> nothing will come of it > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
