As most of you know I am absolutely frustrated with Bukisa.  Articles that are well key worded and highly promoted are getting few views yet some of my first articles which are poorly key worded and totally unpromoted are getting views.  I’m also not happy with their referral program, I feel it encourages people to spend more time looking for referrals and little or no time creating content.

I recently discovered (and signed up on) Info Barrel.  At first glance it appears that both sites are owned by the same person as the graphics are remarkably similar between the two sites.  There are some critical differences however that, in my opinion, make IB a far superior choice as an article publishing site.

Many of us are getting adsense revenue from our blogs or websites and Xomba, but, with the minimum payout of $100 on adsense are months (or even years) away from getting our first check.

Enter Info Barrel.  This site pays through adsense exactly the same way as Xomba does, and, in my opinion is a far better choice as a second or even third article publishing site as it will add to your adsense pool and give you a quicker payout.

Now, let’s get to the nitty gritty..

How do articles perform?

I’m glad you asked..  Let’s look at two articles.  They are on the same subject, targeting a similar traffic keyword.  For the Bukisa article there are 10 xomblurbs pointing at it and about a dozen other links on social sites.  The Info Barrel article has NO promotion whatsoever.

First the Bukisa article performance in the last 5 weeks..

About 10 hits a week, or 1.5 per day..

And now the Info Barrel article published one week ago..

57 hits, almost 8 a day!

There’s something really wrong here. Now, I’m not accusing anyone of anything, I’m just looking at the numbers.  Also, Bukisa has an Alexa rank of 28k, and IB has a rank of 54k so the Bukisa article should have far more hits, but it doesn’t, what’s up with that??

So, my conclusion is that articles perform much better, hit wise, on IB than on Bukisa.

IB 1  Bukisa 0

Oh, let me also say that I chose to use the same subject type articles so they wouldn’t be unfairly effected by current trends.

How can this possibly happen?

Actually, the answer is simple.  IB has the most robust article publishing page I have ever seen, it blows away every other one in terms of options.  eHow, Bukisa, Xomba don’t even come close to it.

Check this out..

Wow, more options than a 2009 Lexus!!

Amazing, not only can you use BOLD (an SEO goody), but you can also designate H2 and H3 tags.  Absolutely awesome!  You’re also allowed to insert links into the article body as long as they are relevant.

IB 2  Bukisa 0

The Payout

The Bukisa payout is simple, you get whatever the ‘Bukisa Index’ happens to be per 1000 views.  Currently it’s set at 3.72, so you get $3.72 for every 1000 views you receive on your articles, this works out to about 1 cent per 3 views.

IB pays you 75% of the adsense income for an ad click on one of your articles.  It’s impossible to calculate how much this will be but a well keyworded article will get views and will eventually get a click.

IB 3  Bukisa 0

The Referral Programs

As I’ve already said, the Bukisa referral program, in my opinion, is a bit too generous and encourages more recruiting than writing.  Info Barrel on the other hand gives you just 2% of the adsense earning of the people you refer.  Not so much to make this a recruitment drive site, but a content producing site.

IB 4  Bukisa 0

My Conclusion

Info Barrel wins this throwdown without much of a fight.  IB wins on every level, from article performance, editing options, link creation, payout and referral program.

Personally I’m going to use Info Barrel site to publish content targeting high payout, low traffic keywords.  Just one hit should generate more income than a whole month of Bukisa views.

Anyone else using IB?  Any luck with it?

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