by Anthony Megna

Created on: November 13, 2010   Last Updated: March 26, 2012

Page views earn money forever, at least that is the ideal. Earning money from page views is like the actor earning money from residual payments, every time the movie is aired, payments trickle back to the actors.

There is no limit to the amount the articles can earn with page views.  As I understand it now, up-front payments pay once and once only.  Maybe if the payment was jacked up to the roof, like $50 for each article, which is probably unrealistic, then that would be different.  But as it stands now, why limit yourself to a one-time payment?

If the article you write has the "legs" to keep earning and earning, then you might regret taking a one-time payment, wouldn't you?  It just doesn't make sense.  As stated above, unless some huge number was paid up-front, then as it stands right now the page views are more logical.

With the new changes Helium has made, there might be an argument for taking just up-fronts. But the up-fronts just aren't enough yet, in my opinion. So this is another feather in the cap of page views. The biggest change is that Helium "owns" the article for a year, even though all this really means is that the writer can't post the article on another site for that time.

Another reason for choosing the page views is that if the article catches on with the Internet readership, then who knows how many people might read it?  Who knows if it might get purchased?  Of course, this can happen with the up-front article as well, but for some reason with the page view system the author of the article might be more inclined to leap-frog the article, or to make some changes because of its on-going life-span.  In other words, the author takes more of a vested interest in the article, because the page view nature gives the article an immortal life.  The bucks keep on coming, in plain English!

Maybe you can find more reasons for the page view system as opposed to the up-front system?  As it stands right now, Helium allows for both on certain subjects.   It would be nice for all subjects to be included, but sheer economics bars that practice at the present time. In summary, writing the best article I can, no matter what the category, is my motto!

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