Using Photos in Articles - Tip 2

Photos add to the SEO aspect of an article and are aesthetically pleasing.  Adding a  keyword specific caption to your picture will add to the likelihood of being found by search engines.

Keyword Use in Articles - Tip 1

Using keywords in articles is the single most important step when writing online.

Keywords are what the search engines (Google, Yahoo, AOL, Bing etc...)  use to find your articles.  The term SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.  People use SEO for their articles to make them easy for the search engines to find and to rank high in the search lists.

Writing Online for Profit is Born

I am giving birth to this blog in response to eHow's infamous article sweep.  Apparently publishing articles on eHow about writing articles on eHow is frowned upon.  Guilty articles are put to death in a swift, quick sweep.

Posts will be written from a beginners point of view and will build as we go along.  When I began my journey, information that was easily understandable has been hard to come by.  Articles that I was able to find were either so simple a monkey could understand it, therefor not very helpful or so techy it gave me a headache.  I have given myself a six month challenge and as a result put the learning portion in overdrive.  I will share my tips and tricks, as well as others articles I have found helpful and informative, not only for eHow but other online publications and for promoting your website, articles and blogs.




Sharing your Tips
Anyone who would like to share a tip (or correct/add to one of mine) is welcome share.  If I post your tip on this blog full credit will be given as well as a link to your site and article of your choice. 

Expect Regular Posts and Updates
As several articles with numerous tips were swept away by eHow, I will be posting these tips several times per week.  After they have been posted, new posts and old entries will be updated from time to time depending on new information or procedures discovered.  So check back often or better yet subscribe!

Socialmarker.com

Just finished submitting my articles to Socialmarker.com.  It is like the rest of the sites now-a-days, spotty.  It was working great, then once I hit the Examiner articles it got a glitch, then this morning the first two sites didn't want to work.

I did however notice a big bump in Examiner earnings and Suite page views yesterday.  Examiner's page counter is down today so I will be curious to find out the results tomorrow.  Suite earnings are usually about a day or two behind.  I'll post when I get the results.

The weekend is almost over, so I'm going to go lay in front of the fireplace and read a bit.  Have a good evening everyone!

eHow Deleted Articles: Answers Received

Well yesterday afternoon I received a revised email with a corrected link from eHow. The link took me to a list of my deleted articles along with reasons for their demise. The tally is as follows:

eHow Sweeps and deleted articles

The last two days on eHow there have been no earnings, which has been very strange. On the community pages, those in the same boat were piping up one by one about their articles getting deleted in the sweep. All day yesterday I could not get into my articles, so I suppose when I woke up this morning to 8 less articles it was not much of a surprise.

How to Make Money on eHow

Below are a series of articles that I have written about my eHow experience.  I have included many tips and tricks including how to delete and article, how to add more links to your profile, where to promote your articles and more.

• How to Make Money Writing for eHow: Newbie Guide - update: removed in eHow sweep 11/12/09
• How to Increase your eHow Earnings: Keywords, Featured Articles, Resources and Photos
• How to Increase your eHow Earnings: SPAM, Promoting Your Articles, and Patience - update: removed in eHow sweep 11/12/09  
• How to Increase your eHow Earnings: Profile Links, Friends, and Notepad - update: removed in eHow sweep 11/12/09
• How to Increase your eHow Earnings: More Do's and Don't's - update: removed in eHow sweep 11/12/09 
• How to Navigate eHow: Delete an Article, Send a Note and Revenue
• How to Promote Your Articles, Website or Blog
• How to Create a Map for Your Article or Website

 
For those eager to increase their earnings on eHow, I also highly recommend WriterGig's eBook, Earn Passive Income on eHow.com.  She shares with you actual screen shots of her earnings and give many more tips, tricks and guidelines for making a passive income stream.

November 14, 2009 Update - Several articles in this series have been deleted in the latest eHow sweep.  Hard copies of this info has been saved and along with remaining articles be turned into a eBook.  Remaining articles will remain for viewing until moved or deleted by the eHow powers above.