Comparing online writing sites.

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I have been a writer online for about 10 years and have experienced all kinds of things and thought that adding those experiences may help someone else to find the right place to suit them EPINIONS - My experience here is that there are too many chiefs and not enough indians. The pay is not very good at all and it's basically product reviews. Not impressed and feel pounced on from a great height by those that are the experts and hat wearers. DOOYOO.CO.UK - A great site for Brits because it is British based and a consumer site so suitable to product reviews although there are occasional places to discuss things like current affairs. The payment has just decreased though good quality reaps reward and the good articles are given a crown which sets them apart from others and pays more. Restrictions : The concept that writing more than 3 reviews a day is churning. What ? The site want content, so why discourage it ? CIAO.CO.UK A silly site. I was the most read author there for a while but the petty attitude of people got me down and I decided that writing was what I was about, not site politics. Pay not wonderful. Pay for surveys ok. Community a little on the imposing side and poetry and creative writing frowned on and not paid. TRIVAGO A serious site for the travel writer, though I wasn't sufficiently travel orientated to make money there. For those that really are into travel in a big way, the site has potential, though user input is huge and what is expected of you seems excessive, though as I say, if travel is your thing, then could be right up your street. AC Not sure about this place. The money I earned was paltry and I deserved better. Left the site as the feedback from site was really not orientated towards helping the writer. No real warmth at all and felt I wasted my efforts. HELIUM Now here, I found a place that actually gives a damn about its writers and pays them wonderfully well. I earn between 3-400 dollars a month and have all the feedback I need, and it is a site that encourages its members to improve, and to earn comensurate with the quality of their work. There is a forum called COMMUNITY and it is indeed the heart of the place. You can write on any topic as long as it is suited to a 13 year old youngest member audience and keep away from swearing, though when you think of those as small things, the bigger picture is worth it. The marketplace sells your work, the competitions motivate, and there is a sense of belonging there which no other writing site has ever given me. You also get paid for poetry and creative writing which makes it worthwhile for those that like to write this form of work, though mixing creative with knowledge articles reaps great returns.