My Ehow Vs AC Experiment: The Results Are In

There are a lot of people who write online. Some people do it for leisure, others to build a portfolio and many more do it for money. I happen to do it for the last two reasons which is why I decided to start six months ago writing for eHow. While the eHow articles are not intended to be part of my portfolio, I wanted to see which place (AC or eHow) would pay more per article.

First, I use my AC writings as part of my editing portfolio. I really detest writing and my true aspirations (and education) align with editing/proofreading. After I have an AC article published, I "clean it up" and submit the original AC version with my "tightened" version as my sample. With that said, other people write on both sites because their passion and career goals are aligned with writing and they maximize their earnings by submitting to sites like Digg, social networking, and by having "rating parties"; which I do not do. Additionally, others have blogs or personal websites which link back to various articles on either site.

On AC, I presently have 192 articles. My highest paid article has earned me just under $30 (upfront payment plus page view bonuses) and a few others are close behind that number. As I have said before, I don't participate in Digg or other types of stuff, but for those that do, I am sure they earn higher. This is just based off Google searches or people already on AC looking at my articles.

Meanwhile, my articles on eHow have been performing with mixed reviews. I have some articles that I have only submitted to eHow (exclusively) that have only earned me 10 cents, while I have others that I have submitted to AC and eHow (non-exclusively) which have earned me $16 + . In fact, one has earned me over $56. Combined with what it made on AC, it is in the $70+ range. So I have learned if you are going to submit your article to both AC and eHow, you will need to use different keywords and change at least one paragraph. I did so and this eliminates my articles competing with each other on Google. It also allows a better chance of your article being found as there are two sets of keywords to choose from.

In the end, I am going to keep writing for both sites. I would hate to have all of my "eggs in one basket" and one site either close down or stop with performance payments. Additionally, I really need the AC site for my editing samples, and it provides me with easy access to my work. I think that while eHow is great, word about which topics pay well is going to spread and eventually the eHow market will become oversaturated with these topics.

Like I have said, everyone has different goals and plans for their articles. In my opinion, I will continue writing for both site, but equally, as I have been pleased with the results from both.

Note(s): 1) This is my final and last article in the series "AC vs. eHow" regarding income possibilities on both sites. As requested by some of my viewers, at my six month mark, I decided to write this final article comparing my results.

2) Due to the commenting on my previous article, I ask that you do not comment on this one. While I received some positive comments from readers who were interested in both outlets, I also had some rather negative and overly critical ones directed at me. Therefore, all comments from here on out will be deleted. As I have stated before, everyone's goals are not the same and if you have a story, I encourage you to to write an article, as there are a lot of people interested in all aspects of writing for both profit and leisure.