by C.V.Rajan

Created on: April 19, 2009   Last Updated: April 21, 2009

People write in Helium with different goals and motivation.

Some write just for the pleasure of writing and seeing their article under instant publication; some use Helium to hone their writing skills and any income coming from it is just secondary. Some write there for making money - preferably in the short run. Some write with the hope of getting long term and perpetual earnings through the "page-view-pennies" which can add up to a sizable amount over a period. Some write for market place to earn at professional rates. Some write as an outlet for their creative writing skills.

Some may do it for several of the listed reasons given above. To which category or categories do you belong? To what extent is the rating of your article important in Helium and when should you care if your article is rated low?

== When You Feel Your Worth as an Author is Important ==

As long as you are not using Helium as a dust bin to throw your writings, you are most likely to be concerned about your image as a writer of quality articles. If you do not want to be treated as an "also ran," you would definitely like to compete and bring your articles to the top slots. You will definitely care to leapfrog your article if it is rated low, wouldn't you?

== When You Know That Top Rated Articles Get More Page Views ==

A shabbily written, low ranked article, but written with a good SEO (Search engine Optimization) may perhaps bring traffic to the article at Helium from Search Engines. But the moment one reads it and finds it lacking worthy information, one has the possibilty to look into several other articles available at Helium on the same subject. That is the unique Helium advantage. Any one searching for more/better info is likely to look for the top-ranked articles at Helium. That way, if your article lies at the top ranks, it gets read by someone who did not in fact end up searching for YOUR article originally!

Thus, whatever the article that brought the reader to Helium, the top ranked articles are always placed better for getting read by more avid information seekers. You will definitely love your article to be read more, which incidentally will bring you page view pennies, too. Wouldn't you? Then won't you care about improving your low rated articles?

== When You Want to Make More in Upfront Payments ==

Your quality and quantity of articles are reflected in Writing Stars you get in Helium. Unless you get at least 1 writing star, you are not eligible for getting your upfront payments from

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