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First pass complete over at IB

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:41:55 +0000

As most of you know I spent the last couple of weeks moving my articles over to InfoBarrel and Xomba.

I’ve actually just completed my first pass through my article library, moving a total of 75 articles.

I avoided moving any winter or holiday articles as well as any poor performers, I concentrated on those that are seasonally relevant and doing well at eHow. That was a mistake actually, as I indicated on my previous post. What does well (or bad) on eHow really is determined by the keyword that you’re using.

Anyway, I’ve now started doing the same at Xomba, moving over the most relevant articles. Once thats done, which I estimate will be in mid May, I can start making new content again.

My new content will be split between article sites and my own niche sites. I see Dusty, Cookie and Scarlett making niche sites and I certainly can’t let them have all the fun

My strategy going forward will be any new article I write will have three versions, one for eHow, one at InfoBarrel and one at Xomba.

3 for the price of 1, can’t beat that with a stick!

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Alexa Rank or Keyword Selection – What matters the most?

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:24:27 +0000

When I first looked at publishing articles on InfoBarrel I was a bit concerned about the Alexa rank.

Well, I’m glad I looked past that and started publishing my articles there. Truth be told, some of my articles on IB are getting more hits than the ‘mother’ article is on eHow.

Check this out, this is my very first article I published on eHow..

My very first eHow article!

As you can see, 1772 hits in 5 months, or about 350 a month. Earnings are about .50 cents a month…

Now here’s the ‘child’ article that I published on InfoBarrel..

My InfoBarrel version is doing quite nicely indeed!

Almost 400 hits in 3 weeks!!

The amazing thing is, this article technically hasn’t even matured yet, so the best is yet to come!

Now, I can’t violate the Google Adsense TOS by showing my earnings page, but I will say that this one is doing better than the eHow article.

You would think that eHow, with it’s Alexa rank under 400 would vastly outperform anything done on InfoBarrel with it’s rank of about 44000. Apparently this isn’t the case. In fact, I’m experiencing amazing results with nearly all my articles on IB.

The point I’m trying to make here is simply this..

If you haven’t started publishing on InfoBarrel yet you’re missing out on profit. Look past the site rank and just publish as you normally would. Obviously I’m choosing keywords that aren’t as high up the traffic list but I seem to be getting a much larger chunk of it.

Now, word of warning here, don’t just cut and paste your content over to IB. You need to rewrite it to make it original and useful to it’s readers, the last thing we want is another article purge next year over at IB!

Now what are you waiting for, get over to IB and start making some money. Remember, money isn’t going to run up to you and jump in your pocket

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Article Publishing Site Throwdown!

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:45:57 +0000

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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