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    Points:1

      

    Discontinuing Revenue Share Bonus program

    Team,

    Considering the low engagement and reduced revenue from Google AdSense, we are discontinuing the Revenue Share Bonus program. We will announce the next RSB soon and that will be the final RSB announcement. We won't be able to share revenue share bonuses any more.

    In case the revenue increases in future, we will consider restarting the same.

    Rewards for individual contributions in various sections will continue as it is.

    I know this will come as a disappointment for all of those who have been with ISC for a long time. We understand your thoughts but the situation requires this action. We hope to come back in future with better programs, if everything goes well.
  • #781034

    Points:4
    This is definitely a disappointing and discouraging announcement.
    But we are helpless as situations happen on which we do not have much control.
    Let the technical team and ISC establishment brains devise some strategy to revive and enhance revenue.

    What we can say is that to the best of our abilities and knowledge we as members and well-wishers of ISC will try to support to the best, in the revival and rejuvenation effort. But expect some more sharing, caring and transparency from ISC side.

    Let us hope for the best.

  • #781036

    Points:4
    This is very unfortunate. But when the situation warrants that we can't do anything. As mentioned by Venkiteswaran as members we continue our support and patronage to the site irrespective of the payments. But as mentioned, the top bosses of the site should look into various means and ways to get more and more revenue by obtaining advertisements from other sources also instead of depending only on Google. We support you to the maximum extent possible. Meanwhile, ISC should think of additional revenue.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #781044

      

    Points:4
    Thanks, Tony Sir for the frank admission and informing us collectively. Appreciate the candour.

    This is indeed a major setback to all of us who look forward to boosting our earnings with the monthly RSB. Nevertheless, like other members, I'm with ISC all the way. Learning new things, earnings, and the general camaraderie and affection are what ISC has given me in spades. My contributions will continue.

    I am also an eternal optimist and hope there will be a revival in the revenue that will help bring back the RSB.
    When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust! ~ John C. Maxwell

  • #781049

    Points:3
    If RSB is discontinued then members will have to switch to Knowledge Centre, Article Section, and Information Update. It is obvious that forum activity will drastically go down except the contest or raising queries.
    If going down of forum activity does not further affect the earnings of ISC from AdSense then this dicision would be alright.
    Anyway, we hope that ISC will think something to compensate the loss to the members due to no RSB.
    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #781050

    Points:3
    I think such things are common in internet world. Traffic sometimes declines that affects the revenue of the site. It is like sharing everything from profit to loss. If site receives traffic and earnings, they are equally distributed as share according to the contributions. If there is no revenue, how can they share revenue with the users? So, it is an understandable thing at the moment. Hope for the best!
    Thanks and regards.

  • #781052

    Points:4
    Contributing members in ISC are getting their RSB through knowledge centre, article section, and forum contributions. For the members who are contributing good volume in these sections there is a good amount of RSB every month.
    If RSB is discontinued then the points earned in these three sections would not be converting to cash credit. Members contributing high volumes in these three sections will lose earnings significantly.
    I think site owner/webmaster should review this dicision as it has serious implications.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #781053

      

    Points:3
    This, I believe, is certainly a temporary phase. With strategic interventions and intelligent diversions on the side of the admin and continued and constant support from all of us, ISC will surely reinvent and re-establish itself to tide over this temporary crisis and start running on the track to profit. This is time to stand in support of the site of which we have been talking very often as a virtual family. RSB will surely come back soon!

    If I am not mistaken, we have, on different occasions, submitted that monetary benefits are secondary, and it is the satisfaction of being an author who is read that matters more. So, let us just, for the time being, forget that RSB ever existed and continue to contribute with the same zeal and spirit.
    'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'.
    -Aristotle

  • #781054

    Points:4
    It is happening with the whole blogging world and Google Adsense is causing a great damage by changing their policies from time to time. Many bloggers are now shifting to better Ad publishers in comparison to Google Adsense. Many people are losing revenue these days due to change in Google algorithms and AdSense policies are making such rules that nobody will be able to earn through ads. ISC is one of the oldest websites in this domain and still it is struggling with revenues. You can think of what will be happening to smaller blogs where traffic is not that great. Many of them will not be able to recover their site running cost the way things are going. These all traffic things are temporary and I think ISC will return to it old best.
    Humble yourself or life will do it for you!

  • #781055

    Points:4
    I have been a member of this site since 2014 and have enjoyed RSB since then, though this was not my expectation. The ISC management maintained the tradition of distributing RSB a day before the beginning of a month This trend continued till last month and this showed the intention of the ISC management to take care of the members of the rewards to be paid to them for their efforts.
    I think this might be a temporary phase and the management will shortly come out with this stage. We all support ISC management in making such a decision during the current phase.

  • #781056

    Points:2
    As an experienced and old member my humble suggestion in this matter is that ISC should not reduce the RSB completely and see the feasibility of reducing it in phases like this month say 30% and next month say another 30% and so on. An abrupt decrease of RSB to zero is not advisable (with due regards to the wisdom of people managing it).
    Knowledge is power.

  • #781058

    Points:2
    I have absolutely nothing to say in this regard. The Webmaster is forced to take this decision, which may be painful to some members, considering the present circumstances. But, we must note that he has also promised: "In case the revenue increases in future, we will consider restarting the same."
    (a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
    (b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

  • #781059

    Points:2
    The Webmaster is in a better position to make an apt decision. As mentioned by Saji, many of us said that learning and acquiring knowledge are more important than earnings. We all know that the money that we are getting is not very significant. Hence I think one should not go back but must continue their work so that there will be a revival. This is my personal opinion.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #781063

      

    Points:4
    It is one of the toughest decisions taken by the WM, perhaps needed to regain the stability in the web world. As members, its our prime responsibility to revive the site to its normal form by contributing traffic generic posts which would help in to get back our RSB in future. Let us strive hard to increase the traffic /page views of ISC and I too will share some ideas with the Admin team to gain momentum by means of new model of GDs and resource contests. Let us hope for the best and I assure our WM that we are always with him and the site.
    Regards,
    Jagdish

  • #781064

    Points:5
    Increasing the number of contests like GD, forum contests, educational contests, etc are ok but they would not be helpful to all the members. Only those who win in it be getting the cash awards and other members would not be making any earning.
    Such a situation will discourage many members to participate in the contests. So, in my view there should be some relation between the points earned by a member whether he wins or not to get converted to cash points however little it might be.
    If the points are not translated in cash credits then the contributors will not have any interest in contributing. This is a reality and should be recognised at this juncture.
    Removing RSB is alright but some substitute mechanism is to be required to keep in place. It could be much less than RSB but it should be there if momentum of contribution is to be maintained.
    I am afraid if that is not done then contributions will also drastically reduce in line with RSB removal.
    This dicision requires review in my opinion.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #781066

    Points:4
    I have a proposition for restructuring RSB. Allow RSB for contributions in all the sections but reduce its weightage.
    For example let us give weightage of 30% to KC, 20% to Article Section, 10% to forum, and 10% to information update.
    It means if a person scores 100 points in KC, 100 points in Article Section, 150 point in forum, and 50 points in information update then his RSB would be 30 + 20 + 15 + 5 = 70
    This is only an example and weightage can be changed as per the past data of points earned by members.
    The overall RSB would reduce in this process and financial outgo of RSB will only be less than half of the present outgo.
    The point is that in important sections more RSB would be generated while in the other ones it would be less.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #781067

    Points:4
    Umesh Sir,

    It is clearly mentioned that due to low engagement and reduced revenue RSB is discontinued. I don't think anyone will pay from their pocket. If website itself is not earning any revenue, then there is no chance of getting such bonus. The name itself says, 'Revenue Share Bonus". No/Less revenue, no bonus! You can look at the past and see, they have been paying RSB regularly for many years without any break. This sudden closure is because of some serious issue which we are not aware of and only owner of the website knows.
    Thanks and regards.

  • #781069

    Points:2
    Babu, you are very right and I respect your sentiments and loyalty to ISC. I also have same feelings towards it.
    My only apprehension is that abrupt cut off of RSB will not be good for this site. It should be done in a gradual manner. That is all I want to say.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #781074

      

    Points:3
    Umesh,

    Your points are valid and well noted. But at this stage, our revenue sources are not strong enough to even manage that. My current focus is to identify what made Google to think our site is not worthy of ranking on top positions as it used to be and solve those problems. Once the ranking and traffic picks up, the revenue will improve and we will reintroduce various rewards.
    regards,
    Tony John
    Webmaster - IndiaStudyChannel.com

  • #781079

    Points:4
    Tony, I fully understand the present situation and your viewpoint. Situation might improve in a few months.

    My only worry is how to sustain the contributions of members till that time.

    The only way in this situation is that all the members should concentrate in KC, Articles, Information Update, Institutes, etc as well as contests in forum section. Forum will remain vibrant to that extent only.

    If all the contributing members follow that strategy then we would possibly sustain till that time.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #781081

    Points:5
    I think it was bound to happen with all those Google algorithms. American economy is not the same it used to be and companies like Google are looking to save as much as they can because future doesn't look good for them. New technologies like AI will kill the search engine game and people will stop googling like they did earlier. Apps are the future and people are spending more time on apps these days than anywhere else. Everyone knows higher CPC is mostly available for visitors of developed nations like UK and USA. ISC has most visitors from India, which is the reason earnings are not up to the mark. If ISC had an app I think they will be able to monetize their content better. Once an app becomes popular among users many will download it and will help in earning better revenues than a Google search.
    Humble yourself or life will do it for you!

  • #781082

    Points:5
    My suggestion is that members should continue their contributions irrespective of whether Revenue Share Bouns is given or not. That should not become a matter of concern. Members can contribute to any section they want within the framework. As mentioned by Tony John once the issues with Google are sorted out and our ranking is picked up, the site of think of coming back with a new proposal for RSB. Initially, when I started contributing to this site, I remember the RSB amount was more. But later because of some issues in profitability, the amount was decreased. I think it is all in the game and when the site starts making profits again the members who are contributing actively may be considered for some benefits. I feel we should continue our journey and see how things shape up. Members should be patient and they should be positive, This is what I think is the best course of action. Of course, it is an individual's choice.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #781112

      

    Points:4
    The announcement may be disappointing but there is no other way round if there is less or no revenue. Because of the change in the Google algorithm, Tony Sir mentioned earlier regarding shifting the focus of ISC to education. Some time ago the Forum was also restricted to education-related topics only. But these restrictions couldn't bring in fruitful results. We know there is fierce competition everywhere on the internet and everyone is looking for strategies to remain afloat. I am sure the WM will find ways to make profits, which will help generate more revenue. He has indicated it in the post also and we are with ISC as a team so that it can regain its position.

    Let's make joint efforts and find ways so that ISC can sail through during the trying times.
    Sankalan

    "Life is easier when you enjoy what you do"

  • #781158

    Points:2
    Let's use the best strategies to improve ranking of the site than brooding over RSB. We all should work harder and together towards a common goal.
    Tejashvinaam vadita mastu

  • #781160

    Points:2
    In my opinion, everything has its ups and downs, and discontinuing RSB temporarily as mentioned by the WM is its outcome. As Saji Mentioned, I feel great to be an author of any article or post irrespective of the monetary benefit/RSB. Let us collectively make the ISC the better version, support our virtual family at this critical point and time, and hope for the best.

  • #781161

    Points:2
    Though it is a stunning news to ISC members, we believe the WM would have taken this step with half minded
    due to the situation, However we will expect a good news soon.

  • #781163

    Points:2
    Unending discussion is going on! The Webmaster has taken a decision calculating all the pros and cons. He has conveyed the decision to the members. The members have no say in this regard.

    Then why so much discussion? The members may continue contributing and wait for better days to come. The RSB will be restarted when time is ripe.
    (a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
    (b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

  • #781166

    Points:2
    I fully agree with the views mentioned by Partha Sir. As a member, we may not know the financial status of the site and in the absence of sufficient revenue the top bosses should take some decisions. We have to respect and go along.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #781173

    Points:1
    I also feel that let us all make our contributions and wait for the better times.
    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #781184

    Points:2
    This is what I knew is going to happen one day here. I am on many other sites where the payrates have reduced because of the low adsense revenue sites are generating. I was surprised as there was no change in the strategy here but now I see the announcement here.
    Sanjeev

    " The two most important days in your life are the day when you are born and the day you find out why? "
    – Mark Twain

  • #781186

    Points:2
    Many sites are facing this problem and many have also discontinued paying. In some sites the earning is so low that it is not mentionable.
    Assets in internet are facing a big problem of revenue generation except a few sites which have a subscription model or high number of visitors.
    Knowledge is power.


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