by Chukwumah Ezeobika

Created on: April 22, 2009

Helium vs. Triond

Same Business, Different Styles

There are a number of websites on the internet that accept articles from writers and pay them for it or enable them earn revenue from their articles by publishing them. Such websites include Associated Content, Ground Report, Helium, Triond, Review Stream, Constant Content etc. Two of the most popular are Triond and Helium. A lot of writers usually sign up to submit articles to these two sites without knowing exactly how they operate. This is a comparison of the two sites and their methods.

Revenue Earning Potential

When writers sign up to submit articles to a site on the internet, they usually expect to earn some revenue for their efforts, therefore, the first point of comparison is how you get paid on Triond and Helium.

- Helium organizes regular writing contests where contestants can earn as much as $60 for winning the first prize. Helium has a feature called the Marketplace where publishers who are in need of articles can submit their titles and offer payment for them. A writer can earn between $20 and $200 if a publisher selects his or her article as suitable for its purposes. On Helium, a writer also earns revenue from having his or her work published if it is very popular, highly rated and receives a lot of views. You only earn on Helium if you have received at least one writing star and are therefore, a starred writer. A writer can also earn revenue on Helium from rating articles.

- On Triond, a writer earns revenue from having his or her work published on a number of websites. Triond splits the revenue each work earns 50/50 with the author. This revenue is usually from the number of views the article receives and from the advertising space it sells to businesses on the sites where the writer's articles are published. There are no prerequisites for earning revenue.

Type of Articles They Expect

Although both websites accept articles on a wide variety of topics, they differ in the style they expect you to write in.

- Helium prefers writers to contribute articles to already established channels (topics) to which articles have been submitted. The article is then rated and ranked. This enables them to have the best rated articles on a particular topic at the top of the list and thus, it receives more views. Helium requests that you submit the titles to any articles you wish to write (if you choose not to contribute to already created topics); which it vets and either asks that you modify the title or it accepts the

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