There were so many sites; and a great deal of quality items were published.  The quality kept Factoidz and Helium alive.  They had many hits.  Writing on Blogjob and not being paid is ridiculous.  It hasn’t starting paying yet, and it has been a long time… I think a year…

Helium was another site.  In this one, you had to write on a set topic.   After you wrote your item would be ‘judged’ in comparison to other items on the same topic.  To submit an item one had to judge other items…

It was a ridiculous site which lasted way too long.   I  used it for ideas.   Often, if I had writer’s block I’d log onto Heliu…[Read more]

One has to be alert.  When one sees a manipulation or a trick, they have to know what to do.  When a site is in America then one can contact a law enforcement agency which will shut them down.  With Bubblews, the two thieves who ran that one lived in America so they were a few steps from jail cell when they were shut down.

Like Quac, the Fa…[Read more]

What was the worst part was when he dropped one to ‘member’ the article was earning.   He was pocketing the money.  So you could see your article earning… but he would keep your money.

Yes. When I have nothing to write, I usually post comment. There is a lot to discuss and comment here. But it’s hard to access new content because sidebars don’t help much for that. I wish we had some way to check new posts for more than 10 posts.

I think wages often change during the season. For example summer and holidays bring more wages to me. But rest of the year, it is not much. Also expenses pile up. And this in turn makes it harder for me to get back to normal track. Wages if saved properly can help but at some point in time we need to get a raise.

I think we get desperate because we are not sure if how much we have to save. And we are also not sure how much money we need in long term. So those type of small things do count. I think saving moderately and also enjoying the life is the key.

I have seen Squidoo, Bubblews, Niume, Tinycent fall. Niume and Tinycent turned out to be so scammy that they manipulated views. Same with bubblews. Some people got paid so it remained hanging case. I miss squidoo, it was good income source. As good as the real job itself.

Fall of these sites made me think that after I earn some specific amount…[Read more]

To get the ball rolling I want to discuss a site that went down perhaps ten years ago.  A site called Factoidz.

If you get on the wayback machine  (archive.org) you can take a glance at what it was when it was what it was.

There were many good articles which were well received.  Originally, Factoidz paid very well.  Then, the Owner got gre…[Read more]

@kaka135 – You’re very welcome. 🙂

Many people these days are sharing to flipboard and twitter. I don’t have that much following. I wonder how to even get the followers. I wish to get 1000 or more followers and then see where things go with that.

I guess the story of how greeks destroyed their own ship before going to Troy was also worth reading. Though I am kind of skeptical on how much of those stories are true.