ArticlesBase Reveals Their $500k/month Profit - Thanks to us!

I'm very surprised at their figures to be honest. However what do I think?

I don't care and I'm not mad that they don't share revenue with their contributors. They don't have to.

Sure it would be nice of them, but in the end why would they give free money away when people are so willing to add articles to their site for free.

I'm just focused on my own business and am not going to get mad about this.

Thanks for sharing.

It depends what you mean by "give away".

That's not how I look at it at all, to be honest.

I allow them to publish it - that's all.

"Give away" implies that you might have done something else with it instead, perhaps? The reality, of course, is that submitting to ArticlesBase is something you do in addition to everything else you do with the article.

You're giving nothing away.

You get a backlink out of it (a non-context-relevant, PR-0 backlink which is almost worthless, granted), and possibly some traffic from it (unlikely, though, if you're doing sensible "other things" with the article before submitting it there), and a possibility of syndication from ArticlesBase leading to better traffic and better backlinks. That possibility is worth something ... certainly worth the few seconds it takes to submit your article to ArticleBase after everything else you wanted to use it for?

I have a few hundred articles there, and have had a little bit of syndication from there. Only a little: a small fraction of what I get from EZA.

Still - it doesn't cost anything to submit there, and anything you get is "something for nothing", isn't it?

But "give away"? No, not at all.

My main reason for submitting my articles there is that I'd feel nervous of submitting them only to EZA, because I might be left looking a bit silly/unprepared if EZA happens to disappear tomorrow. Not the most compelling of reasons, I admit; but there it is.

To me (and to many marketers) they have exactly the same value as do-follow links. This depends on one's perspective and existing beliefs. I suspect, again, that yours are pretty different from mine.

Well I say more power to them!

When I submit articles to ArticlesBase (or any article dir or other website) I think of it as a way of expanding my reach - of syndicating my content to draw more people into my websites.

I don't feel like I am just giving away my content and getting nothing out of the deal. What I get is my article on a highly ranked and highly trafficked site. Sure, I could keep all my articles on my site, but then if I never spread them around how would anyone find me?

Lee

I get more traffic from ArticleBase than any other article directory, so I'm quite happy for them to make pots of money!

It's great that they're prospering with this approach. Remember that this isn't a one-way street, as the marketers who post their articles there also benefit in terms of links and ultimately sales/revenue, in some form or another.

They're nothing more than an aggregator of a massive amount of content, and they get compensated for the amount of value they provide to the marketplace. People tend to look down on aggregator websites, thinking that they don't provide any value at all and are just leeching content from others. Think of them as a one-stop shop for certain types of information on the net. If there is absolutely no value in that at all, why would advertisers be interested in advertising there?

This is precisely why AOL was willing to pay $315 million for the Huffington Post, which when you analyze it is nothing more than a gigantic aggregator of news articles from many different sources.

Paul

This was exactly the question that I had when I was reading this thread. How much Ezine articles make..i guess about 2 million per month

The nofollow thing is not a problem to me at all. Once I submitted an articles at articlesbase and someone syndicate it with my link inside the body, I got what I want...

Yes these guys do make a lot of money each month. There is not nothing wrong with that. They are very high PR sites (EZA and ArticlesBase) because they did things right from the start. They kept writers in line with strict guidelines and discourage spam.

So they don't pay you anything for your articles. Fine. If you have only a few articles on these sites, you probably won't see much traffic. However, if you have many articles, you will see a lot of traffic for a very long time.

1- You give your article for free.

2- Google gives your article love in traffic if you provide good content for them

3- Article directory makes money on ad sense for letting you post

4- You get internet real estate on their site for years to come.

I know that article writing is not for everyone but for the people who post on a regular basis, the rewards in free traffic can be sweet.

Nothing is free. Some marketers buy traffic for dollars and this type of traffic doesn't last but it can have a wide reach. Other marketers who are willing to put in the time and sweat will be rewarded for years to come.

Everybody wins!

It is totally your choice to allow them publish your article or not. No Article-Base employee has forced anyone to do so.
Marketers publish their articles to gain traffic and exposure in the search engine. As long as we get it, we should not have any problem. And if we are unable to get what we want from our articles, we should change our strategy.

Whining on their income is not what we should do, but take maximum advantage of what it is offering.

As a last option stop publishing articles with Article-Base is always available to everyone and anyone.

Warren.

Well then, that is called BUSINESS!

You are not giving it away for free...you are getting traffic in return. And if you really don't want to submit at ArticlesBase, don't submit there.

It will slowly crumble down. But you won't do that obviously. Ha ha!

It's a vicious cycle, my friend!

How much of that revenue do they share with users?

That is awesome! Just a proof that Articlesbase will be up and running for us in the next years to come. Now I will be waiting for Ezine's figures to be posted soon. Im getting curious than before. Really nice figures for a directory, and not all are capable of reaching that.

Andrea

Look at it this way......you get the same exact thing from EZA and they make much more than this each month. Plus they also charge you for a membership if you want to schedule your submissions.

They provide a service for you by hosting your article and allowing others to use it for themselves. This service is something you have chosen to use and it is no different than if you have an autoblog that makes you money from some other internet marketers content.

Also, how do you know they are making tons of cash from your specific articles? Take that $500K and divide it by the total views. You will find that you only get 2.5 cents per view. That is not that much.

Now take that 2.5 cents and multiply is by how many view you have created per articles. If you have created 1,000 views, then you are really allowing them to make $25 for your backlink.

Benjamin Ehinger

hmm what kind of figures does ezine do then

What do I think?

I think I'm in the wrong damn business, that's what I think!

Two things:

1. If it's so unfair, stop submitting your articles to them.

2. If it's so unfair, invest your own time, money and resources into building your own article directory that's as successful as ArticlesBase and then tell me how you feel you should share your profits with all of the article submitters.

JMHO, YMMV, and LLAP

The people at the top make the most money.

Let that be a lesson to you.

First, a lot of people are confusing revenue and profit. $.025 profit per view is excellent. Second, I do not believe those figures. I'm no conspiracy theorist or 'the gurus steal my money and my land' type of person, but if they were making 500k monthly profit with 11 employees there would be much fewer article directories dying. Any of you have experience reviewing that many articles? Think 11 people could do it a day?

Maybe there will be an 'ArticleBase business blueprint' launch soon... (but it would bomb) Ha :-)

I have no doubt that these figures are truthful. Article marketing has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time and I often express my discontent of the practice in my webinars.

The amount of value that you get and the owners of the directories get is significantly disproportionate.

you can tell by that techcrunch article that they have absolutely no respect for that directory.

and with just cause.

they are pedalling largely rubbish content, giving nothing back and raking the money in. you can't help but feel a little bit annoyed by that.

imagine if they vetted their authors, rooted out all the crap (so about 80%) and then offered to PAY the good ones for their writing (only a small amount) AND turned it into a dofollow directory. their revenues would undoubtedly suffer but they would sleep knowing they're helping out authors and helping to publicise good content.

one can but dream...

Dang! Now why didn't I think of that?

Like skibbz said, "I want to be just like them when I grow up."

It's more than a link, if you know what you're doing!

Karan

Some warriors here thinks that Articlsbase owe something from them.. LOL...

Articlesbase does not owe anything from us.. we benefited by promoting articles and they benefited through ads. It's a give and take process..

After a certain number of articles, I think 10, the links become do follow. However, I don't see the difference between no follow and do follow, an nobody should get mad at it

That would depend on how much work and effort you put in your work. Better be worth it.

Where is their revenue coming from, besides Adsense? Very hard to believe they're making that much $$$ just from Adsense, even if they're getting massive traffic.

Think about this:

If they're making 500K/mo in adsense revenue, er profit, er whatever.... That's a lot of people that could have been clicking on your links but are clicking on the ADS instead....

I am just amazed by seeing all statistics and just thinking if articlebase is making 500k per month then how much money ezine or hubpages is making every month?

Not picking on the quoted individual but I think the quote brings up a problem that many marketers have.

Why are you relying on other sites for scraps?

With the amount of effort marketers put into article marketing they could own their own articlebase or EZA. Grab 20 buddies and keep your article directory private and you could reach very financially yummy results in two years.

The guy at the bottom never wins.

How do they earned money?

I love Articles base and I'm glad they are successful, because it means the articles I post there will continue to get good rankings.

It's common for article directories to make passive monthly income from the ads posted on their article pages. Hey, we are free to post articles there or someplace else. Nobody forcing anyone.

I freely give them content in exchange for exposure and links - that's the way it works.

If you want to make money from posting articles then go to revenue sharing sites like Infobarrel and Hub pages.

Smart guys, I think. Also, this article will increase their popularity and the traffic and of course the profit ... for sure

Daaaang. I'm thinking like John! (Zeus66)

I'm in the wrong darn business!!! lol

I don't want to beat a dead horse... Others have said it. It doesn't affect ME in the least because they allow me to publish my content, therefore, allowing me to have a larger reach than simply posting the articles solely on my sites.

It really does make me wonder though, how can I start my own successful article directory? Where's the WSO for THAT!? lol

damn this is insane. I know it is hard to get lots of traffic even if you are leveraging, but these guys are raking it in.

I am guessing that income is from things other than adsense.

Damn nice figures, I never thought they were making so much :O

No one is forcing you to submit your content there.