There is an ongoing discussion about whether Flickr (and related sites) should "give back to its users".  Give them a little bonus, a little slice of the ad revenue.  It comes down to controlling your content and being able to leverage your creativity to your benefit, not Yahoo's or Google's.  Qumana has been driven, almost from the beginning of what is now Qumana the application, by blogging and professional blogging (yours truly).  I have no idea how many hundreds (thousands?) of posts I've cranked out through this baby.  We've gone through several potential business models for Qumana.  As you know, now, that we are going to earn our revenue through our ad network AdGenta .  What is it all about?  This quote below sums it up:

Yeah, we're sharing with the bloggers.  We don't make money unless you do so we're pretty darn driven for you to make money.  I think this is why Qumana is already moving to Web 2.5 from 2.0.  We're developing the platform and the model for all of us to make money, together.

 

On this note, there has been a little confusion about this whole money making thing, AdGenta, and Qumana.  Let me try to clarify this (and if I don't comment, and I'll try again).  Qumana, the application, is free.  Period.  It always will be.  Like Skype we're giving you the tool, no strings, no spyware, no nothing.  Okay you'll get all the support you need.  Regardless, you don't have to insert ads with Qumana if you don't want to.  Yes, really.  As much as we'd really like you to use AdGenta, we also know that a lot of people don't want ads on their blog.  Heck, I don't put ads in all my posts.  Sometimes, it just isn't the right thing to do.  So, there it is.  Download Qumana.  Blog yourself silly with it, with our compliments.  Now, if you'd like to insert a key-word driven ad, please sign up at AdGenta.com for an account.

 

Questions?  You in the back?  No?  Okay.  My office hours will be ... oh wait, that was a different career. ;-).

 

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