Do posts from MyLot get seen by the "general public"?

@TheHorse (238298)
Walnut Creek, California
October 14, 2015 1:18pm CST
When I wrote for Epinions (a review site), the idea was to write posts that would be read by non-members. That's how we earned our income. Many of my guitar and stereo component reviews were read by literally thousands of people around the world, and earnings were good there. With Bubblews, some of our posts got picked up by Google (in the early days), and many of my early posts would get hundreds of reads. I think we were supposed to share in the ad revenues generated by such reads, though it's difficult to tell if we actually did. Do MyLot posts get read by "outsiders"? Or is the assumption here that we're writing only for the discussions/conversations that occur with fellow members?
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
14 Oct 15
'n i lost my train 'f thought...'gain! perhaps some 'f the more techie folks'd know? @PhredWreck 'r @DaddyEvil might jump in 'n muddy up the waters some more.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
15 Oct 15
What several of the people have already told anyone who is interested, Crazy, is, YEP! Outsiders sure can see everything we are doing on this site! (That is one way this site generates money to pay us for playing on here!)
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
15 Oct 15
@TheHorse Very nice, dude!
The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Oct 15
Happens to me all the time. What was this post about anyway? Oh yeah, I remember now.
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
14 Oct 15
a most interestin' query 'n 'fter readin' through other folks responses i'm still confused 'bout such matters. i believe that the bubbs shut such down coz that 'twas part 'f the scammin' the coyotes were doin', but could be in error there. ya know, coz i don't compute?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
15 Oct 15
"we wouldn't have known it, and they could have pocketed any benefits." OMG! Either you are a babe in the woods when it comes to the number of hits we were getting from "outside" or you are/were in cahoots with those thieves on Bubbs! I was following some of the hits some of my articles were getting from outsiders (And my articles were not even some that would be expected to get very many hits!) after Bubbs blocked those hits from counting for us... One article received over a thousand hits! I credited it to my daughter's sweet job of promoting my writing on some of the sites she uses. Now, let's see... someone got PAID for those hits! Was it YOU? It sure wasn't ME!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
15 Oct 15
@TheHorse Huh? I thought the delete function still worked? I was told it did... I left everything I have written up... My friend, Nameless, actually works for Bubbs as their moderator. I know she is the sole breadwinner for her family. I know this will sound stupid of me, but... *DE shrugs his shoulders and continues, anyway.* I don't want her to lose her income, so I left my articles up so there is some cash still trickling in... I know it is a lot more cash than those thieves tell everyone... I still check to see how many hits I am receiving from outsiders, and a few of my articles are actually doing decent there... (I hate funding the thieves, but Nameless had nothing to do with their scams! I can guarantee that!) I know that if my articles are still getting hits, so are the articles everyone else has over there, so they can still afford to pay her as long as she is willing to work for them... Okay, you can make fun of me now... it won't change my mind, but you won't be the first, nor the last, I am sure!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Oct 15
Yeah, over at "that other site," I just figured that hiding our number of reads was a part of their overall coyote behavior. If we had a post that "went viral" via the search engines (not likely by that point), we wouldn't have known it, and they could have pocketed any benefits.
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Artemeis
@artemeis (4189)
• China
15 Oct 15
When we post online and if the host server where in this case is mylot which is accessible world wide then the readership will be as far reaching as other known sites. However, the readership will be dependable on other factors like credibility of the posts, writers and so on. So it does reach the general public, but we wouldn't be able to know what percentage of the general public.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Oct 15
I don't think I've written anything here that would have that much appeal to the general public. Maybe I'll do a new guitar review or something, and see what happens.
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Teep11
@Teep11 (7673)
• United States
15 Oct 15
It would seem beneficial if there's outside views. Makes sense to me. You supplied a good question/discussion.
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
15 Oct 15
@TheHorse i wonder if mylot will add a view counter?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Oct 15
@hereandthere That would be interesting. I have no idea (right now) whether anything I'm writing is viewed by anyone who is not a site member.
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Tony Lawrence
@pcunix (210)
• Middleboro, Massachusetts
15 Oct 15
I think it is smart for Mylot NOT to say how earnings are calculated. That disclosure only leads to cheaters trying to take advantage. I'm fine with not knowing.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
16 Oct 15
@TheHorse Hey, Mr. pony, I can add to your knowledge by a smidge... When my posts are long ones, I make less when people respond than I do when I only write three or four lines.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Oct 15
We know that it has something to do with others responding to what we write, and that's good enough for me.
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TimB77
@TimBurWrites (496)
• United States
15 Oct 15
Thanks for this article and to those who responded! I was wondering it myself.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Oct 15
Guess I better watch what I say, in case someone figures out who I am.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Oct 15
@TimBurWrites I will never tell!
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TimB77
@TimBurWrites (496)
• United States
15 Oct 15
You are from California... so are you one of the famous horses like Mr. Ed? Flicka? Black beauty? haha @TheHorse
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
17 Oct 15
A search on the Net is all that is needed for anyone to read our posts.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Oct 15
How much information do they need to enter?
Judy Story
@jstory07 (148731)
• Roseburg, Oregon
14 Oct 15
Some people can do a search engine using your name and they can read all of the posts that yoiu read everywhere.
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amnabas
@amnabas (14877)
• Karachi, Pakistan
14 Oct 15
These forumns generates revenues through these searching engines.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Oct 15
But people who are not members cannot comment. Are revenues generated (for writers as well as the site) when non-members simply read a MyLot post?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Oct 15
@yukimori Probably more than I could wrap my head around. Unless I had reason to know the specifics, that is.
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Shannon
@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
14 Oct 15
I have no idea if others outside of mylot read our posts. I just assumed that they are readable by others but mainly read by the members here.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238298)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Oct 15
When I write here, my "intended audience" is other MyLot users.
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Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
15 Oct 15
I would think that those that tag their posts would show up eventually in search engines, but I've not tested whether something can be read without joining first. When I first came by, my intention was to first read a few folks discussions but it seemed to me I had to join just to do that, but I didn't take time to make sure that was the case back then. Even those posts linked on facebook would need to be read before getting comments on the facebook page I would think, so I don't see the difference there just yet.
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