Your participation on a site like Helium determines the strength of the site itself. When considering whether to submit an article, certain criteria need to be taken into account, and to do this, understanding that Helium is trying to create a fact based database of information is important. What is invariably letting the site down is the submission of creative writing within fact categories, whilst Helium are ever mindful that writers enjoy creative writing and have created an area for just this.

Finding the right category.

By searching the site, using the search at the top of the page will reveal the topics available in an area that interests you. Do several using different keywords for your search, and when you are satisfied that there is no category, creating one is simply a matter of choosing to write, and making sure that your article is in the correct category.

For those that find an existing category, be sure whether the information you are adding to the database is informative and adds to the quality of the articles within that category.

Submitting a new category.

When you open a category, be very mindful that the search that leads people to Helium is only as good as the search words used. Here, it would greatly help to place keywords relevant to your article, with commas in between each keyword. Not taking the opportunity to use this means extra work for the site in the approval process, and using correct key words makes submissions go smoother. What happens to your newly proposed article is that is goes onto a pending status until staff have approved the article.

Titles

Titles are very important and should never be personal to just your article. They should be titles to which other members can add their opinions, thereby giving the public a cross section of viewpoints in each area of the site.

Creative Writing submissions

These should be placed within the creative writing area of the site, and not in the factual part of the site, since their submission into factual areas does not help the site to maintain standards of offering the public information.

Leapfrogging

This is an option offered to users in order to improve their articles, and here this can be noticed in the area of the site which shows your articles. If they are low in the chain of articles, having given them adequate time to rise or fall in the chain of articles through rating, then leapfrogging and updating your article to give better information is a superb way of improving both your own articles and those presented on the site.

What to avoid.

Capital letters all through an item will be rejected.
Names or a clue as to your identity will also be rejected.
Avoid promoting your blog or site.

What Helium offers that other sites do not.

You are offered a platform upon which to write quality articles concerning all manner of subjects, and to be paid according to reads, thus being able to turn passions and the writing hobby into cash. It's a good steady site with many users, and many views, and yours counts.

Enjoy.

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