by Mutha

Created on: March 24, 2009

Associated Content and Helium are similar sites that pay writers for articles they submit. Although the sites have their similarities, their differences set them apart. Most writers that submit articles to both sites have a preferred site that they submit most of their work to. What factors cause writers to lean toward publishing on one site or the other?

Performance Pay vs. Revenue Share

Performance Pay - Articles that are published on Associated Content continue to earn performance pay. The ammount of performance pay earned is based on pageviews. The more times an article is read, the more performance pay is earned. Writers on Associated Content can see the ammount of pageviews each of their articles has and how much performance pay each article has earned. There is no guess work involved in performance pay on Associated Content. It is easy to track which articles perform well and which articles are not as popular. Performance pay on Associated starts at $1.50 per 1000 pageviews. As a writer progresses on the site and they accumulate many pageviews, the ammount received per 1000 pageviews increases. However, the ammount increases in small increments and it takes most writers a long time before they ever see this increase.

Revenue Share - The quality of the article, traffic to the article, and advertiser interest are the three factors that decide how much revenue share articles earn on Helium. You can easily see how much each article has earned through revenue share, but you will not know which factors have influenced this calculation. Helium does not make available how many pageviews each article has earned or how much money the article has earned from advertisers. You will be able to see which of your articles are considered quality articles. This is decided by the rating system on Helium in which other writers will rank articles against each other. The articles that are ranked the highest will likely get read the most and therefore earn more money.

To earn money through revenue share on Helium, you must maintain one rating star. Without this rating star you will not earn any money through revenue sharing. Associated Content does not have requirements for earning performance pay. If your article is viewed, you will receive performance pay.

Rating vs. Recommending

Rating - Writers on Helium are required to rate other articles if they wish to earn money from Helium. Each time you rate an article, there will be two articles side by side. Each article is written to

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