eHow? Anyone Used It?

I have a few articles on eHow for about a year now. You have to write the article as a "how-to" and in a way that fits their structured template. You can add your resource in the resource section below the article.

The only people that can comment on your article are other eHow members. So you spend some time networking within the community and asking to befriend other members.

Then you'll notice that in your eHow inbox will be receiving emails from your "friends" list saying something like " I read articles written by those who take the time to read and comment on mine. Here's my latest...I just posted an article about..."

This "you read mine / I'll read yours" is mutually beneficial -- you help them with comments and ratings; they help you. Also they can "recommend you".

eHow has the final say on your articles. One of my highest rated - and a genuinely positive feedback article - was removed by eHow after a few months. They didn't offer much of an explanation.

eHow used to have a "requested article" section that I liked - infact one of my higher paying articles is from writing such an article. But they have "temporarily" removed that feature.

Hope this helped

Good Luck,

Lynn

nickrees,

You are from France? I'm not sure that they even allow Sign-ups outside of the US...

...they 'attempted' to expand to the UK, however, you see where THAT got them.... (read previous posts/links on this thread if you don't know what I mean....)

The article I submitted has now been published , (yesterday)17th Feb
nickrees

That post by Crunchy data is right on. Thanks for the link above to innovativepassiveincome.com and the many eHow related posts I've been putting up.

eHow/Demand has an ethics problem and a PR disaster in full swing.
The real answer is control your own content on your own site. eHow puts up so many distractions to click on it is a wonder if the reader can find something to click on that earns you anything.

I'm happy with my earnings there. Is that so wrong? I'm not saying they're the best site out there at this point - I much prefer Suite101, but I am happy to keep getting a couple hundred bucks every month without doing anything.

Yes, I've read it, I'm a subscriber there. I'm still not willing to delete all of my articles from the site at this point. I started there a couple of years ago and I have how-to articles that have earned hundreds a piece so far. I'd like to continue earning on them for as long as I'm able to.

All the keyword research in the world will do you (anyone) no good if the website slips into oblivion under management that outright engages in very ethically and morally questionable behavior repeatedly.

MANY people have already completely removed their articles and moved them elsewhere....I removed 150+ of mine alone way back in August.....with the continual decrease in membership, and articles, search engine authority will also slip.

What we are seeing now is the emergence of similar website platforms that do the same thing as eHow, only with much greater customer service, integrity, and transparency.

Just because I am very vocal about this does not mean that I am the only one who is upset.

Unfortunately, as mentioned before, legitimate concerns posted by users, on their very own forum, have been outright deleted numerous times. Therefore, it is very difficult for a casual observer to gain any kind of insight into this situation unless former users, like myself, shed light on it.

Websites should not be allowed to operate in this manner, and, if we allow them to, there will never be any accountability....ever....and, new sites will believe that they can do the same and get away with it. Letting eHow off the hook here sets a major precedence for this entire industry.

Here are MANY users who are upset, however, are not given a voice, or are being quelled by those who say they should just "leave eHow if they are unhappy"....

Prepare for a rise in Membership - InfoBarrel Forum

In order to provide information to fellow Warriors, once again, here is a bit more information....

My Work at Home Mom Blog

NOTE: This writer's compensation is significantly higher than any of the many people I have spoken to....

HERE is a comment on that blog post, written by my friend Kim, that I feel should be highlighted....

"Thank you for sharing the details of your compensation with us, Maria. Several other eHow members have compared their compensation, and have found that many of eHow's more prominent members who did not lose much, if anything, from eHow's article theft seem to have been compensated significantly more than many of those who did.

For example, I deleted 20+ of my articles after eHow refused to divulge whether they were paying for the use of our article clones, and eHow re-published my deleted articles without my knowledge or permission on both sites. Yet they paid me NOTHING to compensate for that. Most of the people I know received less than $20.

And while I can respect your belief that eHow did not intend any harm I cannot agree with you.

Demand Media is one of the largest content providers in history. They intentionally created a fictitious, mirrored site, claimed it was an international site and that they were "unable" to pay for our articles there, even though it has always been located in the US.

They deleted all of my forum questions about the site's location, they avoided our questions for months about payment, finally saying "We have our own algorithm and it's based on that," and have behaved dishonestly about the entire mess for more than 7 months now, including with the so-called compensation.

I watched eHow manipulate SEO on at least one "UK" cloned article (and have screenshots to prove it). And I am positive that they intentionally deceived us. I believe they devised this "UK" scheme to make their Internet properties appear larger in relation to their expenses in anticipation of offering stock, as Richard Rosenblatt has stated publicly that he is considering.

Whether or not Demand Media/eHow intended to hurt their writers may be debated, but clearly they did not intend to treat their writers fairly or to meet their ethical and legal obligations to them, and neglecting to do the right thing is, in this case, as serious as intentionally doing the wrong thing.

This is not the first time Richard Rosenblatt has been accused of fraud, and it will not be the first time he has run a company into the ground. He's got a very small window to turn this around on his own now. Let's hope he surprises everyone and does the right thing before a court orders him to do so.

Thanks again for addressing this, Maria."

[quote=kilakiwi;1797940] lol.....that's Capitalism hard at work....

at least that eHow member isn't outright scamming and defrauding people.....

what do you think of this whole ordeal, kilakiwi?

AssociatedContent pays for articles upfront + PPM over time. One of AC's board members is a Google Executive, so I doubt AC will have any problems like eHow.