My Associated Content Vs. Ehow.com Experiment: Which One Really Paid More?

As a writer who is always looking to make more income, I frequent writer's forums to see the latest news about online web publishing sites. On numerous dates, and in more than one forum, Ehow writers were expressing their enthusiasm about making five dollars, six dollars, sometimes even more off of a single article due to performance pay. I thought this was such a great idea that I decided to submit ten articles, to get an average amount of performance money to me made; so that I can get an honest and accurate count.

Later, after submissions, my article totals ended up being twelve. The results? AC, by far, surpassed any revenue I made in my Ehow account. All of my AC articles are submitted for performance pay only, however, even taking that into consideration, I still faired better at AC.

Now, I am not one to spam message boards with my articles, and no matter what site people write for, as I have seen that happen all over different forums. In my articles, the keywording, content, and article formats were the exact same. To date, each one of my AC articles has earned at least something; while about 75% of my Ehow articles have not even earned a penny! Yes, I know they were viewed because they were rated and commented on, but unlike here on AC, that didn't add to my writer's bonus.

So how do I feel about the "Writer's Compensation Program" at Ehow? I will just post my articles over there anyways, as that will put them to good use. If anyone is considering writing for Ehow, I would suggest applying through Demand Studios, as the pay is far superior to what I have earned with my "performance" experiment. Now, I know I will have people coming over here and defending how much they make on Ehow and how little they make on AC, but to each their own. I don't Digg, use My Space, Facebook, Stumble Upon or any of those other sites, as I have no interest in them. I just enjoy writing and researching; and my marketing efforts are left up to querying. If this works for some, then that's great, but I'll stick to my routine. Also, the AC's site is more user-friendly, as I am constantly getting told to keep logging in to Ehow, sessions are timing out, and I am having an almost impossible time trying to upload articles and check performance stats.

To be fair, I do plan on updating this article throughout the year to provide a fair update on both site's article performance. Look for my next update which will include more articles and a better analysis over a greater period of time to come out next month.