On Helium, how do I get my articles rated to the top? 19 Articles

by Simon Wright

Getting your article ranked first on Helium will mean that more people read it and you will get more money. You should therefore make it your goal to write articles that will be ranked at or near the top every time. This i...read more

by Leonard J Sherrott

You must know one thing about securing a top rating: anybody can do it. There is no exact formula, because being the best here is about earning support from your peers. However, there are some glaringly obvious rules to fo...read more

by Melissa J. Clark

Most of us who become contributors to the Helium site share a common goal of seeing our articles reach the top of the rating charts. The excitement and happiness I felt when I saw, for the first time, one of my articles r...read more

by Bob Younce

There really isn't a secret to getting your articles rated to the top on Helium; no magic formula, no trick to it. Getting your articles rated to the top on Helium is about one thing, and one thing only: Quality. My...read more

by David Skolnik

Be true to yourself and your audience. Write with passion. Rehearse your script. Look in the mirror and read aloud. How does it sound? Revise, if necessary. Naturally, as artists and professionals, we all want to rate as h...read more

by Pat Lunsford

Getting your articles rated to the top is a matter of paying attention to what raters look for. You could have written the most informative or interesting article in the group, but if it is full of the errors that raters l...read more

by Randa Morris

Writing 101 Often, when I am reading articles, trying to rate them fairly and honestly, I find myself in a terrible predicament. I am struggling to decide which of the 2 articles before me is more valuable, more readabl...read more

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by Gayle Jackson

Who really knows how an article rises to the top of the heap? I sure don't. As a self proclaimed better rater because I still have my stars, I can only say what I do and feel about this subject. Write and rate as an a...read more

by W.H. Garcia

GRAB THE BULL BY THE HORNS. Impress from the very first sentence. If I have not managed to convince you to read the rest of the article by this point, I would have failed to capture your attention. Raters usually do not...read more

by William Bond

I am a rookie, writing only a few months at Helium, with only l66 articles, but I cannot pass up writing this article. I am a writer who loves challenges. So do you. Everyone wants to win, especially writers, we are a ...read more

by Danelle Karth

No one sets out to write the lowest ranking article in a Helium title group. I have never once joined a title that had 49 other articles and said, "Man, I hope I am number 50!" and I doubt anyone else has either. But the q...read more

by Lili Melton Ph.D.

Helium.com is a great site for writers: there are innumerable possibilities for publication, for developing and perfecting writing skills, and for collaborating with other writers. One unique feature of Helium is the abi...read more

by Kelly Szymanski

Writing on Helium The most important thing to remember, no matter if you are writing a general article on Helium, an article for a publisher listed on the Marketplace, a report for work or an essay question on a test i...read more

by Shelley Retterer

Top rated articles are usually catchy in the first sentence. They grab your attention and make you want to hear what else the author has to say.. Overly long articles loses the readers attention and what caught their a...read more

by Ray Fauteux

I think the biggest problem I have when it comes to writing for Helium, is not fully understanding the question. For some reason, I look at the question a bit too quickly without totally understanding it every time. It'...read more

by Jobie Weetaluktuk

How can I get a good rating on Helium? There are some basic rules. These also apply to any writing website where rating is part of the game. To get a good rating, you should know and follow the criteria. Then you shoul...read more

by Phil Hill

Let's do the negatives first. Don't write too long - people get bored before they get to the end. Stick to the point and write briefly. Each time you write something, consider whether it is actually relevant to the questio...read more

by Katherine Johnson

The whole idea of writing for Helium scared me. I thought I would be a big flop, until one of my articles were rated number one. I was the best in that category. I was overjoyed. Now that I have a few topics in the number ...read more

by Ashley Filmore

You want your ratings to improve? Well, so do I! I don't know if you know but we all want to be the best of the best. Seriously, lets share a few ideas of how to improve our ratings. I will just share a few because I ha...read more