I wrote last that it will be enough attention grabbing for me and back to blogging. Basically because I didn’t want to continue writing about popular topics. I want to write about what I want, what interests me, and I want to write them well, like writing for a magazine.
I also wrote about blogging tips from a neophyte, because I also wanted to impart some valuable lessons that I learn in a short while that I’m blogging.
However, I felt that I needed to tell you this after mr_how_tos blog about his adsense income for the month of august. I’m no expert here, but I think I’m getting the flow of how things are working around here. I earn a few cents on some days and a few dollars on other days.
But I decided not to concern myself with the monetary aspect, as the only thing I’m concerned now is to blog what I feel and think at the moment, and yes, share inspiration and my travels to all. I have a career and this is not my bread and butter. And as I’ve said before, I don’t really intend to have popular blogs everyday as I don’t have the time to answer comments. But I want readership, people who can appreciate my writing.
Anyway, here goes:
1. Adsense is about advertising. In the media, like for example the TV networks, advertisers place their ads where there is a bigger audience share. In the primetime, ads pay bigger premium for this slot because more people are watching these times.
2. However, with Adsense, advertising works differently. The ads for our pages are electronically generated. Adsense looks for keywords in our blogs and looks for appropriate ads that match the theme or subject of our blogs. For example, if I write about Touring Hongkong, the ads that come out are those about travel information to Hong Kong.
3. I noticed though that the more popular blogs are not really very “advertiser-friendly.” These merely talk about topics like blogging, love, adsense, and soulcast, which do not generate ads from big companies.
In answer to pinkjellybeans’ question, here blogs consist of wide variety of topics. And so are mine. It just happens to be I’m a writer by profession and have been exposed to vicarious experiences that I am able to write about different things, like cooking and dining, travel, faith, work, depression, spa and beauty, politics, law, etc.
But I guess in the end, it all boils down to your intentions about blogging: Are you here to
a. blog and earn some money on the side; or
b. blog and earn money for a living?
If you belong to the first category, you will enjoy blogging. If you belong to the second category, this will be a frustrating experience as this will not be very financially rewarding.
But if you really want to cash in on Soulcast and Adsense, do not only strive to be popular but post blogs that are “advertiser friendly.” Then try to get enough traffic to your site and hope that people will click your ads.
However, this is sad because it defeats the purpose of blogging. This place becomes commercialized and we will have a whole bunch of unhappy people. Oh well, whatever it is worth for you…I am already happy and content with the cents and few dollars that Adsense gives me and I hope that you will be, too. I’ve been on Friendster for 5 months but only spent money on internet cards. I never earned anything. At least here, I’m earning and getting readership for our blogs. But until now, I don’t even know how to cash in Adsense checks in our country if ever I get paid…hahaha
Except for some technical glitches, I’m already happy here. Hope you will be, too.
God bless you all and have a great day!!!:-) Happy blogging!
sigroid75 posted on Sep 02, 2006
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sigroid75 said on Sep 02, 2006....
by the way, i forgot to tell you...i noticed that when
you write about blogging, etc...all you get are ads
about blogging. i don't think they pay a lot. but those
ads about big companies--i believe that those are
the ones that pay bigger cents...hahaha which
explains why sometimes we get so many clicks
and so little revenue but sometimes only get one
click and get a lot. ok?:-)
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 02, 2006....
I think 95% of the guys who blog here are doing least of all for the money. Personally, I prefer commenting on others' blogs, it's easier than writing. Basically, I am a very lazy guy. But I am good at "reviews" and 'one liners' that provoke and sustain conversation...
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Tarakan said on Sep 02, 2006....
very nice.. write more about all the much better paying keywords.. eg.. insurance, travel, electronics and hotels..blogging ads don pay much .. some of them are arbitrage technique... meaning they post ads but on their landing page are just another bunch of ads for you to click on to .. thus they earn from the difference of ads they paid and ads clicked via their sites... im sure google will look into the quality guideline for these kinda sites.. meaning advertisers need to pay more to bid... currently i am bloggin just for fun and past time.. like susmary, i prefer to post in comments and replies to posts rather than coming up with my own..unless i got a really really good idea what i am trying to tell to the world.. As you know , Google already partner up with MTV networks to work on Google Video ADS.. that means we will be having some video advertisements on some sites (not sure about bloggin sites though)... that will dramatically increase one's earnings and making the mainstream media (TV and newspapers) less and less fascinating for advertisers.. SoulCast need to have a broad blogging based on Fixed Titles rather than by most commented or popular.. what i can see most of the new guys post don even have comments.. definitely not giving them any chance to open up their ideas and join and blend with the community..
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ALIENated said on Sep 02, 2006....
I average 33 cents a day, but today I have already made
$1.03 on one click. Go figure.
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quidnunc said on Sep 02, 2006....
I belong to the 95% sus is talking about. But I'm sure nobody will complain if, in the process, adsense will be crediting some $ to our account. :-)
Anyway, thanks for the informative post, sig. I do not know much about this adsense thing so I'm delighted that there's an on-going conversation about this.
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StrangeOne said on Sep 02, 2006....
I'm just going to write about whatever comes up, and hopefully some of those topics might include some income-making stuff.... :) I don't have one solid job, I work freelance and usually have a few projects at a time, but so far the results have been uneven. I haven't yet figured out exactly how to freelance successfully, but I will keep trying. I figured maybe blogging could be one of those multiple income streams. I know it might not make much in the beginning, but I'm hoping maybe it could be cumulative, and perhaps the blog I write today might even support me 40 years from now when I'm too old too work! (is that wishful thinking? heh)
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 02, 2006....
Strangeone,
Just be careful;blogging can take up much of your time, and if you have some projects, do those first, then blog.. always follow that priority, otherwise, you may lose on BOTH. Good Luck!
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nr23 said on Sep 03, 2006....
I think one should not blog for money, blogging should be fun.I don't think that someone on soulcast is getting $100 every month just by blogging.
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MidnightFire said on Sep 03, 2006....
Hi, guys. Um, I'm pretty new here. Actually, this is my first night (and the first time I have ever tried blogging).
I saw other sites, but this one is free. I enjoy writing, but the idea of making a few bucks (cents) is what grabbed my attention.
So, the popular writers don't generate many ads? That seems almost counterproductive. Unless you enjoy the craft, of course.
I have never shared my things with anyone. I am not even sure what it is best to talk about. I really don't know about this blog thing (what does that mean, anyway?).
This site seems so huge! There appear to be pages and pages of entries. How is this little fish going to be noticed in this big sea?
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StrangeOne said on Sep 03, 2006....
Susmaryosep - that is sage advice. Thank you! I'm finding that blogging is also quite addictive, and so I will have to remind myself of your words when I'm on it for too long!
MidnightFire - a blog is like an online, public journal. I've never shared my things with anyone either; this blog is good for that because of the anonymity. As for how the little fish is to be noticed... I will leave it to the more seasoned bloggers to answer that one :)
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 03, 2006....
Midnight fire,
Make sure you have a title that "grabs" our attention. Like 'nipple piercing' for example.. (hey I was just kidding on this one).. look at Sigroid75, she has a knack of getting attention, and quidnuc, whose "I'm Gay" caused not a little confusion. You can visit my blog as an example of the trivia that I post, and also some heart tugging poems... anything, man! but please don't look for the cash, treat it as a hobby that may give you some pocket money
Strangeone, ... Good luck. You will get the hang of it soon. In the beginning i looked at some sites that were weird, to say the least, but have found my niche, and have got some very good soulmates....... :-))))))
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sigroid75 said on Sep 03, 2006....
whoa!!! sorry that i didn't get to reply sooner. we didn't
have electricity today. this is the third world, remember,
so we have power interruptions from time to time for
maintenance.
anyway, this is what i mean about popular posts. topics
like this get a lot of readership and comments. but look
at the ads on the side and in the middle? they are not
the ads of big companies. but look at my articles on
travel, acne, depression, even the fruitcake story, and
i get companies advertising on my site.
midnightfire: like what strangeone said, blogging is an
online journal...a diary...but you keep yourself anonymous.
however, soulcast is a different matter. it serves different
purposes for different people. i post my observations,
views, and travel articles for people to read. i write about
a wide variety of topics, whether or not they get read.
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sigroid75 said on Sep 03, 2006....
sus: your figure may not be right, but it is safe to
say that most people joined soulcast for the income.
i have to admit that it was what caught my attention
when i saw their ad on friendster. but when i came here,
it was about that time when I was depressed with my
relationship, so i didn't notice the income anymore.
i was busy blogging my thoughts and feelings. i also
realized that i could have a venue for my unpublished
articles, and so i did post them.
now, i just checked my adsense, it's more than $40.
not bad for someone who has started blogging 20
days ago only. if you ask me what i did, i started out
with posting 5 blogs a day. i became hooked, there
were times when i knew i had maxed out my limit and
would click and click the "create blog" button, though
i know it wouldn't budge. my addiction to blogging,
reading other people's blogs became so bad that i
was losing sleep, and decided to cut down my blogging
and everything pertaining to it, to only an hour in the
morning and an hour at night.
i write about what interests me...about my life and
travels...i did write something that will get to be noticed:
"How Come I didn't Get a Welcome at Soulcast." Then
it became so popular that i couldn't keep up with the
comments. so i decided not to write popular stuff
anymore, just to get attention. i went back to blogging.
but here i am again with this popular topic, just to
illustrate to everyone what a popular topic is and what
are the kinds of ads that appear in such.
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sigroid75 said on Sep 03, 2006....
tarakan: it's the first time i heard about the music video
ads..:-)
Alien: it depends on the advertiser. i think you posted
a blog on something saleable.
quid! im surprised about your confession...i was even
wondering where you get the time to blog.:-) it's okay,
we all need extra bucks. if things get better or remain like
this, im thinking of saving up my adsense income to
purchase something big. like a new computer in 3 to 4
years...hahahaha
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sigroid75 said on Sep 03, 2006....
strangeone: i'm also working freelance: writer, designer,
marketing person, advertising, sales, etc. i do whatever
my clients tell me to do. hahaha it's mostly i do what
they can't do.
i shifted to freelance 3 years ago. when i started, the
income came in trickles. i prayed...i asked God what
He wanted me to do. He told me to bless people with
writing and to use my talents to earn my keep. which
i did. and He has been blessing me ever since.
i also changed my attitude about our city and country.
i consciously tell myself and other people that the
Philippines is not hopeless. OUr country will see better
times and we need not go to other countries so that we
can have better income. i believe that God will prosper
people who believe in Him. I did my part and He did His.
i didn't advertise myself because I know that if I peddle
my services, I couldn't ask for a high price.
but whenever i get a client, i do the job well that they
not only keep coming back to avail of my services, but
they also refer me to other people.
just fulfill your projects on time or ahead of time,
submit quality work and things will fall into place.
God bless you pal!:-)
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sigroid75 said on Sep 03, 2006....
nr23: exactly. expecting income is good, because
we're told that we will really earn from this. however,
we could not expect this to be our main source of
income. we should not spend more time here than our
main work, otherwise, we will just be dismayed with
the outcome and in the end, we will just blame soulcast
for our failure to earn.
let's just blog and have fun and if we earn, let's
thank God for it!:-)
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sigroid75 said on Sep 03, 2006....
Midnight Fire: Welcome to soulcast.
we get the same number of ads, but the difference
lies in the quality of ads. the problem is not with the
popular blogs, but the popular topics. like this one.
talking about income is a popular topic: i get readership
and comments, but look at my ads.
but if you write about meaty stuff, like law, medicine,
etc...you may not have a lot of readers but even if
only one reader clicks at least two of your ads, you
get a higher revenue.
just blog and enjoy the party.!!!:-)
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sigroid75 said on Sep 03, 2006....
i'm really sure of the exact recipe how to be noticed,
i've been here since aug 12 only! hahahah but do read
around and you'll get the hang of it midnight.
i'm not an expert, just telling of my honest observations
on this site.
and i will say this again, just write on!!!!:-)
oh, i'm over my 1 hour limit just commenting here..
hahahahahaha
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 03, 2006....
Sigrid,
I think now you can market yourself as a SoulCast consultant. hahaha
You certailny learnt the ropes pretty fast. As for me, it's strictly the reason I want to have a blog, and is too lazy to go to the others where you have to do a lot of things, and maybe to pay for blogging? Here, you can be as lazy, or as busy as you like.... Just don't get addicted. I just close my laptop, after an hour, do some household chores like taking the clothes in, eating my lunch, and taking my siesta! And I will take my evening walk regardless....
Ok, so I now know which places I should click for you, and you must treat me to durians, when we meet ok ba? :-))
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sigroid75 said on Sep 04, 2006....
ok la...hahahahaha now i sound like a singaporean...hehehe
why isn't your wife involved in your schedule? does she
have other things to do?
later my boyfriend and i will watch a movie...hehehehe
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 04, 2006....
Sig,
My wife has to cook, wash, talk on the telephone, have sex(this is just a dream), and generally keep busy looking after us, hahaahahahah. Seriously she is the perfect mother and wife(except for the sex part, which I sometimes have to 'outsource'), and I would not exchange her for the world,,,,,,, as long as 'outsourcing' to the philiippines is still possible. HAHAHAHAHAHA
Have a great time at the movies,, but don't eat chicharon bulaklak while at the show!
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sigroid75 said on Sep 04, 2006....
hahahaha how is your wife anyway?
yes, we had a great time at the movies. we enjoyed
super ex-girlfriend (yes, this is the 3rd world and our
movies come several months later) hehehe.
he took me home right after the movies and he went
home, too. but we had so much fun watching.:-)
no we didn't have chicharon. just potato chips...hehehe
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sigroid75 said on Sep 04, 2006....
soulcast consultant...hmmm...hehehe
its pretty easy. READ! hahaha
as they say then: When at first you don't
succeed, try and try again.
Today it is: When at first you don't succeed,
read the manual...hahahaha
i'm not very popular here, but at least im
getting along. i don't want to be popular, i
just wanna be read...hehehe it's hard to
be popular...
anyway, im earning too, so why not? hahaha
im doing this as a public service. and i post my
link to newbie's sites so that we will have lesser
questions like this. or maybe its also their marketing
strategy no? hahahaha no offense...been there,
done that...hahaha
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Tarakan said on Sep 04, 2006....
i got a gf from philippines... staying at makati city... im from singapore.. i wish i can use this adsense income to fly there and meet her and fly to boracay.... i heard its very very beautiful place..
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sigroid75 said on Sep 04, 2006....
hahahaha we'll maybe after 5 years, ur adsense
account can afford that...hahaha
yes, boracay is a very beautiful place. but i havent
been there, as im not really fond of beaches...there
are also other nice beaches in the Philippines where
it's not yet commercialized. but you'll like it there.
how come when i was in singapore, i didn't find a
boyfriend??? hahaha
i did stay there for 3 months just before the SARS
broke out.
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 04, 2006....
You were in Singapore for three months? I would have flown down to see you! Be careful of Singapore boys,, they are all "kiasu" (you ask Tarakan for the meaning hahah). But they are all mayaman!
My family is ok. I am quite free, and thank God we have food on the table every day, and TV everynight, and blogging in between! it's the sex, that I am trying to procure... hahahahahh biro lang!
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sigroid75 said on Sep 05, 2006....
yep!!! 3 months!!!
singapore: november 2002 to feb 2003
usa: devember 2003 to march 2004
hehehe
kiasu...hmmm. i have heard that somehwere....
it's a chinese word right? my boyfriend is chinese,
my boss is chinese, our church is a chinese church,
but still i get the words mixed up...hehehe
hahaha sus! well, u gotta have to fix things with your
wife..hehehe
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 05, 2006....
My gosh! You have so much Chinese in your life, and I am just an addition! hahahah
Can you speak Fukien? \
Kiasu, means scared to lose. it's generally meaning a totally selfish attitude, and wanting everything that your neighbour has. Not a nice lifestyle by the way. I'd rather live in a village, waiting for the durians to fall........... hihihihihihih
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sigroid75 said on Sep 05, 2006....
kiasu....oh ok...i forgot to ask my bf last night.
if u live anywhere near durians just make sure that
you have a net above your roof and anywhere you
pass by...hahahaha
btw, do check out biblegateway.com and look for the
verse: I Corinthians 7:3-5
i think you will find it enlightening. it's about marriage..:-)
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sigroid75 said on Sep 05, 2006....
and do tell me what you think.:-)
btw, it was my boyfriend who gave the site.:-)
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Tarakan said on Sep 05, 2006....
I know Philippines got lovely smile and friendly humans...regarding singaporean kiasu, well every country sure to have some kiasu people... anyway im not one of them..i am a simple low profile down to earth... i don even have a driving license when i can afford a car already..
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 06, 2006....
One Corinthians? Is it the passage about love conquering all? I thought that was Cahpter 13? :-) BTW I am not a Christian.
I heard that Durians know when you are below, and they will not fall on you! No kidding.... ;-)
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sigroid75 said on Sep 06, 2006....
tarakan: yep, philippines is a lovely country.:-)
and the people are lovelier...it's just a little hot
out here lately...
singapore is also a lovely place. if given the chance,
i would want to live in your country. more than the
united states, i like singapore better...so peaceful.:-)
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sigroid75 said on Sep 06, 2006....
sus: i know ur not a Christian, daddy, that's why
i wanted you to check out that verse because I
know you haven't read that yet.:-)
anyway, it's about marriage...ok, i'll try to paste the
wordings in my next comment.:-)
no, it's not about love...hehehe how come you
know I Cor 13?:-)
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sigroid75 said on Sep 06, 2006....
eto na...I Cor 7:1-5 na lang...:-) u can read the
whole chapter if you want to...:-)
1Co 7:1 Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry.
1Co 7:2 But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
1Co 7:3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
1Co 7:4 The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.
1Co 7:5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 06, 2006....
Thanks, and I am glad I am married... But chapt. 13 seems to conflict with Ch 7? It hints at love conquering all, even over family? I am not sure,,,, but falling in love is great, but not more than once.... hahahahahah ...masakit!
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 06, 2006....
Singapore is a fine place;... they 'fine' you even for ogling at girls.. hahahahahahahahah
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sigroid75 said on Sep 07, 2006....
hahaha wala lang i just thought i'd share these
verses with you.,,di ba you said your wife is rather
prudish about marital relations, so thought i'd
share with you that marital relations is biblical.
it should not be traditional.:-)
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Tarakan said on Sep 14, 2006....
I love Philippines...
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 15, 2006....
Sig,
marriage is spiritual? That's even worse! Now she has an excuse to help in the Temple work at the expense of sex! hahahah Don't worry, Sig, I have various outsourcing companies..... :-)
TArakan.... Ako Rin (means Me too!)
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StrangeOne said on Sep 24, 2006....
Sig, thanks so much for your words of encouragement way up there! :)
i shifted to freelance 3 years ago. when i started, the
income came in trickles. i prayed...i asked God what
He wanted me to do. He told me to bless people with
writing and to use my talents to earn my keep. which
i did. and He has been blessing me ever since.
That is kind of where I am, asking God/the Universe/Whoever's Listening, what it is I can/should be doing. And I am getting similar answers, basically to use my talents, abilities, etc. to earn my keep. I think I probably have a self-confidence hurdle to go through at this point. I don't know how strongly I believe yet in the worthyness of my talents. I think that is my problem right now...
i also changed my attitude about our city and country.
i consciously tell myself and other people that the
Philippines is not hopeless. OUr country will see better
times and we need not go to other countries so that we
can have better income. i believe that God will prosper
people who believe in Him. I did my part and He did His.
I don't know about the situation in your country, but I would encourage you to continue thinking this way! Many people, including a few of my relatives, have come here to the U.S. believing things will be better for them here economically. Some succeed, but many do not. My relatives are among those who are not succeeding. My family brought me here from the Soviet Union when I was a little girl, thinking things would be better for me here. At this point, Russia no longer resembles what it used to be! It turned out that I would have been fine growing up there. Other people my age, also brought here by their parents, are returning to Russia for the economic opportunities there now, which are becoming so much better than the opportunities in the U.S.! Therefore, I think you are right; countries do change, it just takes the will of the people to change them! There is no reason why any country should do poorly economically; we all have resources. We just need to learn to use them.
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 25, 2006....
Strangeone,
Yes I think Russia is becoming like what the USA was 50 years ago, opening up, changing and developing. The entrepreneurial spirit should be well and alive. But some negatives are bound to occur in such a situation. Free enterprise also allows some 'clever' people to accumulate vast amounts of money, and then buy football clubs in Moscow and England.... others evade taxes, and get involved in smuggling and white slavery.. some bad always comes with the good..... The political will must be strong. "honest politicians"? that's an oxymoron!
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StrangeOne said on Sep 27, 2006....
Susmaryosep, I think that is a very accurate evaluation of where Russia is right now!
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Susmaryosep said on Sep 27, 2006....
Russia should try to open up Siberia.....
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StrangeOne said on Oct 04, 2006....
Open it up how? Do you mean economically?
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Susmaryosep said on Oct 05, 2006....
Yes, get the Chinese in! They can smell 'money' half a million miles away.
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StrangeOne said on Oct 05, 2006....
Eh.. I'm afraid that might ruin the pristine-ness of Siberia! I feel so sorry to see every single stretch of land along with its indigenous cultures ruined by rampant capitalism everywhere...
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anonymous said on Oct 05, 2006....
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Susmaryosep said on Oct 05, 2006....
Strangely I agree with you; forests being levelled for food production, etc. You know, even today Malaysia and Singapore are engulfed by choking smoke and haze caused by our neighbours burning jungles and vegetation for the new planting season. This happens EVERY year, and each year is worse thant the previous......
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StrangeOne said on Oct 06, 2006....
They are burning their jungles etc.? What will they do when the jungles run out? It is so unfortunate... someday they will be very sorry. There is a very insightful book on this topic called Collapse by Jared Diamond. It is about how some civilizations destroy themselves through environmental damage, and some preserve themselves through environmental preservation; I highly recommend it.
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Susmaryosep said on Oct 06, 2006....
I was about to introduce you to this book in my next post! Great minds think alike. How serendipitous! Jared mentioned in the book, for example, that Malaysia has destroyed all forests in its lowlands, and as far as I can see, the highlands are being Raped. Indonesia is even more uncontrolled, and I also read that people are "motivated" to smuggle illegal extracted logs , because of America's hunger for fine wood for construction.... Did you also read that in about 10 years' time, the world will actually consume more oil than than it can produce from the ground..? And to meet the chase for biofuels, we have to cut down more jungles.....? What the world takes billions of years to produce, we take less than 500 years to consume....
That 'someday' that you mention will be like, 100 years away from reality??
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