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jacoblyles | karma 8837 | avg karma 4.58 · 2010-09-16 20:16:17

80% to the author is a hell of a lot better deal than any traditional corporation will give.

il | karma 5202 | avg karma 6.96 · 2010-09-17 03:01:37+00:00

Technically, it's 80% of the 70% Google leaves publishers after taking its cut.

pbiggar | karma 7819 | avg karma 3.46 · 2010-09-17 03:41:08+00:00

80% of all income. They could do adsense themselves, so the assumption is that we'd do more for them.

albertsun | karma 2052 | avg karma 5.04 · 2010-09-17 08:30:40

Yes, but at the traditional corporation it'll be a smaller percentage of a much bigger pie.

jacoblyles | karma 8837 | avg karma 4.58 · 2010-09-17 16:47:14+00:00

No, at a traditional corporation the author draws a fixed salary no matter how big the pie gets.

albertsun | karma 2052 | avg karma 5.04 · 2010-09-17 18:08:40

Sure, but so far that fixed salary has been a lot more than what a writer online would be getting if paid as a percentage.