What’s the deal with eHow?
What's up with eHow lately??
The latest news from eHow is that they’ll no longer allow the use of the resource section in any new published articles.
I have to say that the Amazon links I’ve placed in my articles have been a great source of income for the last year.
So the question has to be asked..
Does eHow really care if their writers make any money?
First the article sweep, then the UK ehow debacle and now the elimination of the resource section.
It seems that not only do they not care if we make any money, but they want to milk as much profit as they can from those people who actually do publish articles there.
Personally I don’t see the problem with affiliate links in the article as long as those links add value.
For example…
If I write an article about how to pick out a great toaster oven then I don’t see why placing an Amazon link pointing to a top rated toaster oven is bad. The link provides an actual real world example of a top rated toaster oven that can only help the reader pick out one that’s good. In fact, it can be argued that the visitor is reading that article because they DO want to buy a toaster oven.
To me, this is yet another nail in the coffin for eHow.
I love the site but seriously, the writers need to make some money for their efforts.
If you publish on eHow what do you think of this latest development?
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Reader Comments
I think that eHow can be a pain in a lot of ways but they are still the best of the revenue sharing sites for making money. A lot of the other sites disallow affiliate links or severely restrict them; eHow is just late to the game in doing this.
I haven’t heard a clarification on whether you could post to a blog or a Hubpages Hub or a Squidoo lens on which an affiliate link is placed. That might be one potential way around the affiliate rule.
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