Kyla Matton Osborne (Ruby3881)
@ruby3881 active 6 years, 8 months agoForum Replies Created
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I think you will find that it doesn’t take 1,000 words to earn 10 cents here, @peachpurple. But I also think it probably depends on the quality of the post, and not just the length.
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@kaka135 I’m also going to check out PicMonkey this week. It seems to be similar to Canva, but with greater functionality for us geeks 😛 |
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@kaka135 I use it to shorten links for a lot of reasons. If you have a Google account, the Goo.gl shortener is included in the resources they offer. I also use a form they have for making customized links, so I can track where people are clicking through from. This is something I’ve just learned to do recently, and I’m hoping it will prove to be useful. Goo.gl will tell you how many clicks your link is getting, and give you a bit of info about what site the reader is coming from, what country they are in, etc. It could help us to see which promotional tools are working best, when combined with a customized link. And of course, since we want to attract more American readers or readers from primarily English-speaking countries in order to rank better with Google, seeing where our readers are from can help us learn how to adapt our writing to gain more of the readers Google is looking for 🙂 |
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@support Once again, thanks for responding quickly and explaining the root of the problem with the embedding of the referral links! Is there a browser setting that we can customize to overcome the issue? For example, I am using a Google Chrome browser on a Win7 machine. Can I customize something on my browser in order for the embedding to work properly? Thanks in advance!
@lovem There are many reasons why a link shared to Twitter might not be bringing in any visitor referrals. First, it may be that the referral code didn’t embed itself (see above comments from support.) In that case, what I do is add it and then use a link shortener like Bit.ly or Goo.gl so the link doesn’t take up too much real estate in the Tweet. If your referral code is included in the URL, other reasons for poor clickthrough are numerous. Think of: your following on Twitter, time of Tweet, use of appropriate tags, and most especially the wording of the Tweet itself. Be sure the Tweet gives your followers some kind of idea what the post is about. Many of the post titles I see here and on other social writing sites are really vague and not at all discoverable. If you want people to click your link, be sure you’re giving them a reason for it! |
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Yes, when I began serious web writing in 2009, I had to learn to pare down my texts because most people didn’t have the attention span to read more than one screen’s length of text. Search engines were penalizing pages that needed too much scrolling, and we were all being told to break it down into smaller chunks. When I joined InfoBarrel a little while after Yahoo closed up their contributor network, people there were recommending posts 1,200 to even 2,000 words long. I thought they were absolutely nuts! But the internet is an ever changing place, and we must keep up with the new ways people search for and use digital information. It’s important to become aware of trends and adapt our writing to the current market. This helps ensure that we attract the attention of both human readers and search engines!
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@support Thanks for the clarification regarding how rank gets decided. We will look forward to learning more about what opportunities the rank increase opens up for us 🙂 @grecy095 So far I have only shared my two posts, but when I signed up I shared my referral link so friends could join. I suspect some of the visits are from those shares.
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@haraka I’m not sure if there is a correlation between length of status and earnings, but I’m glad you mentioned it. I will be curious to see if it makes any difference, as I often post rather long status updates! So far we have that the length of posts and forum comments seems linked to earnings. That definitely makes sense, as a longer post has more potential to catch the attention of the search engines than a shorter one. I imagine the same holds true for comments, except that they all add up together to contribute to the relative weight or clout of the page. It’s amazing how much things have changed on the internet in just a few years! When I first started to learn about SEO, the site I wrote for wanted us to keep articles in the 450-600 word range. Now a post has to be more than 1000 words, in order to get really high placement in search results.
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@grecy095 I see you are at 19 points now. And boy, have you been busy in the forums! You and @kaka135 are answering so many questions and leaving so many replies! I hope it makes a big difference for your earnings. Myself, I seem to be earning a lot for visitor referrals. When I share my posts, I add my referral to the link. That seems to be helping. There is a place next to the sharing buttons for posts where the referral is mentioned, but when I tried to use that button to add it to the link I was sharing, it didn’t look like it got added. After so long of not being credited for all the visitors I referred to BlogJob, I’m not leaving it up to chance. I add the referral to the URL and share manually, if necessary. |
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@kaka135 So that number is the post length! I think that’s got a lot to do with how much we earn, but it can’t be the only thing. Maybe the admin decide on quality when the post publishes? |
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@peachpurple Yes, I did see that number & wondered if it was a post. Looking at it now, I think perhaps the points are related to length of post. Does that seem right to you? |
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I have really mixed feelings about the whole 50 Shades phenomenon. It’s not that I’m at all ambivalent about the sex and violence in this story. It’s more that as a writer I’m pleased to see someone go from writing fan fiction and self-publishing, to being an international success. I have never read the book or seen the movie. Two things turned me off: 1) writing friends who had read it said the prose was terrible, and 2) there’s a lot of controversy about the power imbalance in the relationship between the two main characters. Sex without love doesn’t bother me at all. In fact, it can be great! Similarly, I can understand why some people enjoy BDSM. But it’s my understanding that the relationship in 50 Shades is abusive, rather than dominant-submissive. I don’t like the idea that people are celebrating an unhealthy relationship, and mistaking the abuse portrayed for some sort of exploration of sexuality. I think maybe the “Mommy Porn” crowd ought to try reading 9-1/2 Weeks, if that’s their kink. Or maybe Lady Chatterley’s Lover. I couldn’t say if the Anne Rice erotica is any good, because I’ve just never cared for her writing. But I’m sure there is a lot of better erotica out there… |
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I don’t know that we ought to discuss the specifics of our own earnings. It’s frowned upon in many such communities. I will say, however, that I think the earnings tend to add up quickly from smaller tasks. I also had a very large number of visitor referrals, though I’m waiting for the admin to look into issues with new user referral. I’m not sure if or how my post is earning. Has anyone seen any specifics that point to earnings for their posts? |
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I’m not sure that I’ve ever met a chicken dish I didn’t enjoy! I do love an oven roasted chicken. That’s a comfort food for me. And homemade chicken noodle soup is also comforting. I love to make it with plenty of veggies and nice, broad noodles. Fried chicken is a treat. We don’t eat it often, and I’m sure my arteries are happy for that! My crockpot cranberry-BBQ chicken is a fast and satisfying meal. And I love chicken souvlaki on a pita with lots of tzatziki and veggies! |
