by Ruth Belena

Created on: August 12, 2010

Earning passive income from page views can have great long term benefits to an online article writer, but getting paid up-front is generally the better option for a freelance writer. Any writer who aims to earn a set amount of money each month will find it is far easier to calculate earnings from up-fronts, and can be more certain of getting paid each month when payment does not rely on page views.

• Disadvantages of making money from page views

Online article writers only get high earnings from page views when they have written a great many original articles, and when they have hundreds of pages of content on websites where they can continue to make money from page views.

Writers with few articles really need to work hard at promoting their writing in order to earn a single dollar with paid writing opportunities based entirely on page views. Some content writing websites also pay for referrals, but at Bukisa, and similar writing sites, referral income is generated only when each new member starts writing and earning money from page views. The actual amount of money earned for writing articles is a pre-set payment per thousand unique page views.

Prolific writers, some of whom can eventually have thousands of articles online, obviously benefit much more from sites that pay for page views. However, those writers could make more money at websites where ad revenue is shared. Revenue sharing means some articles make more money with fewer page views. Competitive advertisers pay more when their ads appear on pages of content closely connected with their type of business, and writers make more money when those text ads or banners are useful to readers.

Articles generate more revenue or income from page views when written for search engine optimization, but writing SEO content requires more than just making good use of keywords. There are a number of factors involved in SEO, and these can change according to the habits of people searching and using the Internet. Some writers are less adept at featuring keywords, or fail to understand basic SEO, and continue writing articles as if they were intended for publication in print. Those writers inevitably feel disappointed when they

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