Making Money Online Writing in Expertscolumn
By AshwinSajith
@AshwinSajith (602)
India
December 6, 2011 4:56am CST
I have recently started writing in a website called expertscolumn that pays you based on page views, not google adsense sharing. I have 10 articles in the website and have earned around 1 $ in the last 25 days.
But I have recently noticed that each of my articles when publsihed get a initial burst of traffic and then it dies down. After that every single day, every article gets only one or two views.
Does anyone write for expertscolumn? How many views and money do you earn daily? Do you think they are a scam if I get the same no. of views daily or am I missing something out?
10 responses
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
7 Dec 11
Hi AshwinSajith, that is the norm in writing sites.
In fact, that is the norm in all websites, including blogs.
When your content is new, the search engines display it prominently, and people who search for a keyword will read the articles.
After that, the articles are re-rank according to certain formulas, and unless you can meet the requirements to keep the articles on the top page of search results, you are not going to get much traffic.
I think your articles may not even get traffic from search engines, as you are apparently very new to article writing.
Most of us who write for a long time know that 10 articles are too little.
Even a hundred articles are not enough.
You need a bulk of 500 articles to earn a decent amount.
I think you can check out Ezinearticles, a free article directory, to see how many articles the top writers have.
Each has more than 24,000 articles.
Even the top writers in Associated Content have more than 3000 articles.
@aprilsong (1884)
• China
7 Dec 11
I have never heard it before. I am a member of Triond and Helium. Triond's minimum payment is only 0.5 dollar, which means i can get my payment every month, while Helium need a much high amount to asking for payment.
I will try to have a see later about the website you mentioned.
@AshwinSajith (602)
• India
7 Dec 11
Sure :) I used to write for triond but hardly made anything.. Was finding it difficult to even reach the minimum payout of 0.5$. Helium is now not accepting international writers as of now. I tried registering but it said so. So is Helium any good? I hope they open doors to intenrnational writers someday.
@Lucky12 (767)
• United States
9 Dec 11
Well I am looking at it now and it looks good. I may give it a try later on down the line if possible. I am just trying to post and make some money in other sites like this one. I have to get back in the groove lol. I will see if it works out for me at all though.
Thank you for sharing this site.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
12 Dec 11
Hi Lucky, if you want to join, you might as well join now.
They have a special bonus this month.
They double the page views payment. That means you will earn double.
The normal rate is slightly less than $1.50 per 1000 page views, and this month is more than $2.50 per 1000 page views.
@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
6 Dec 11
Welcome to mylot, Ashwin,
What kind of expertise do you need? Is it an international site? I´d love to work on that and also to be able to view the articles written there to have an idea of what it is about. What´s the cashout?
@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
8 Dec 11
Sounds wnderful. I will check it online. Thanks for telling us. How do you view page sites? Do you have to be a member to view articles?
@Lucyalicia92 (670)
• United States
7 Dec 11
I haven't heard of this specific website but I am on another writing website that sounds very similar, you get a bonus every time you write an article which is about 10 cents, at least to begin with. So if you write 10 articles and they all get accepted then total you would make a dollar. I've been using it more recently but still I'm having trouble coming up with things people want to read, and I only have about 6 articles published.
@AshwinSajith (602)
• India
7 Dec 11
Hi Lucyalicia92, So this website you are talking about pays upfront in the form of a bonus? Do you get any royalties afterward in terms of views? What is the website?
@Lucyalicia92 (670)
• United States
7 Dec 11
they don't pay right away, I think they pay at the end of the month but I've been paid by them at least twice already. I haven't made much at all total, I'm not even sure, I think about a dollar lol I have no idea. the websites name is called factoidz.
@befrindwithme26 (5805)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
I am there and now earn 1.50 usd more...I was not active there but i try to do visit and share my articles..The views will not always be the same,it depends on the people views and for me i just leave it there and more friends and share to get more..
@befrindwithme26 (5805)
• Philippines
7 Dec 11
Hi, i did not see how much views in mine i just check every day add cents to it..is not monthly..but happy because i have it.
@AshwinSajith (602)
• India
7 Dec 11
Thank you befreindwithme26. Hopefully someday I will also earn more. This 1.50 USD is daily earnings or is it monthly? How many views per day you typically get?
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@djbtol (5493)
• United States
6 Dec 11
I do not write for experts column, but have done similar sites. In addition to writing more articles, I think the next step for you is to find a way to promote your articles. Look for places on line where you can talk about your articles and even provide links. Maybe you have some friends that would like to check them out. This will get you more traffic. Obviously MyLot does not allow you to put links here, expect in your profile.
You've got a good start - hope your income continues to grow.
@AshwinSajith (602)
• India
6 Dec 11
Thank you djbtol for your suggestions.. MYlot only allows only 1 link in the profile rite? Or am i mistaken since I am new here?
@unique16 (1531)
• United States
6 Dec 11
hello
I write for expertscolumn not as much as I used too. I am making some cents.
I only have 4 articles up but I need to get back to doing that again. They seem to pay more per view than Triond and with triond new changes it harder to get views you need more of them to get .01 cent etc...
Thanks for reminding me about them.
Sincerely unique16
@AshwinSajith (602)
• India
6 Dec 11
Hi unique16. Welcome to the club :) I am making in cents too. To be exact I make 4 cents a day .. Yes but anyway it is way beter than triond.. I have stopped in triond because I need to publish only my content not published elsewhere. And for their returns its hardly worthwhile.. I prefer squidoo instead. One Awesome site!!!
@jagjit273 (1754)
• India
6 Dec 11
I have also Joined on this site today and Posted one article of mine.and I have also given comment on one of the members column.I want to know whether they pay for comments too.
@AshwinSajith (602)
• India
6 Dec 11
HI Jagjit 273.. They do not pay for comments. They pay only for article views. Their current pay is around 1.5 $ for 1000 page views.. You can check your views and earnings real time in the earnings and stats section in the homepage
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
6 Dec 11
Well I don t know exactly if its scam but for me there is only Mylot that Im trust. Amd another time I say MYLOT Is number one
@AshwinSajith (602)
• India
6 Dec 11
Great :) I have just started out in Mylot now. Hope someday I will be able to confidently say the same thing as you