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Blogger Ian Lurie takes on the issue of eHow.com duplicating their writer's content on the new UK expansion site. He lays out parts of their terms of service and his interpretation of them. As well, he invites writers and most importantly, eHow to answer the question of compensation.
Read » eHow, I call bullsh*t
Once trust is broken it's
Once trust is broken it's hard to get back
Trust I only trust my own
Trust I only trust my own Domain name with my content or just spin a few articles to Article directories
Me Too. It's has now become a
Me Too. It's has now become a garbage.
Ehow are nuts - and they want
Ehow are nuts - and they want to float on the stock market too !
I suspected that....
I suspected that....
They are not the only site
They are not the only site that wants to profit without properly compensating writers. It's unfortunate.
One of the most mysterious
One of the most mysterious things about eHow, like this article mentions, is their algorithm for deciding who gets paid what. Not complaining - I make a lot of money on eHow every month - but it is sort of frustrating to know how much YOU make off an article without any idea as to what THEY are making. Sometimes you have to wonder if they are skimming the ads off the best of the lot and leaving us the subprime ones. For example, I have some articles that make decent money, but my most-read and most-Digged articles are suspiciously absent from that list . . .
Just gotta wonder if they're keeping the best for themselves. And then throwing us all a few crumbs to keep the better writers writing.
Unfortunately this is the
Unfortunately this is the same everywhere,as far I know, even Google doesn't tell you how much they are making off you - full transparency of accounts would be nice
I was not able to write for
I was not able to write for them because they don't accept Non-US writers for paid posts. Guess it was good for me in the long run.
Cashmere, have you tried Info
Cashmere, have you tried Info Barrel? They work solely with Adsense and Chitika so you can write for them as long as you get an Adsense account.
Regarding eHow, I am quite disappointed. Now, the new articles for February are posting to the UK site again. They say they are aware of the problem, but I want to know how it happens to begin with. I haven't written articles for them this month, but I did research it to make sure the rumors were true, and they are.