by A W Drake

Created on: March 24, 2010

For anyone wanting to make extra money online writing articles is a good option, and Helium is one of the best websites to use. Even the casual writer can generate extra revenue, but for those with a more dedicated passion it is possible to make more money with your articles on Helium. Although writing articles on Helium may not make you rich it is a reliable way to make more money so long as you are willing to put in the time and effort that is required.

The first step to make more money with your articles on Helium is to write often and consistently. For the newcomer it is necessary to write at least one article everyday and preferably more to build up a portfolio of articles. Once you reach around 400 submitted articles real money can then be made.

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Helium rules state that the first five articles submitted to a title receive the title payment, so it is a good idea to look around for either empty titles or ones with less than five submissions. Look for titles that you find easy to write about so you do not struggle or need to spend too much time on research. Since the amount you will be paid for each title submitted is based on the number of rating stars you have it is important to keep rating other member's work. Once you have the full five rating stars you will be paid the maximum $2.50 for each article submitted to a title with less than five other articles.

The other major step to make more money with your articles on Helium is to attract as much traffic to your work as possible since Helium also pays for page views. The amount paid is not much but with an accumulation of articles and views this can build up to a respectable figure.

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To gain page views each article needs to achieve high visibility in search engines by getting as many backlinks as possible. One way of achieving this is to submit each article to social bookmarking sites, although this should be done with some care. Firstly social bookmarking sites do not like people submitting just their own content, so be sure to also add bookmarks of other web pages. Many social bookmarking sites also have a social element so to avoid getting banned it can also help to become involved in this at some level. Look for friends who use the same sites as you, add as a contact,  rate each other's articles and send comments to each other.

Search engines are notorious for having complex algorithms for working out web page rankings, and one factor that can influence this is when a

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