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WikiHow for Articles?

by wahmjennie
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I have used ezinearticles.com alot for article promotion and back linking with a bit of success, I am wondering if wikihow can be used for this type of thing also?

Does anyone have any experience/advice with wikihow on how to promote articles and build backlinks through their website?

Thanks!

-wahmjennie
#articles #wikihow
  • Profile picture of the author wahmjennie
    Thanks, wondering if anyone knows if there's a way to "legitimately" give some sort of text link to a website outside of wikihow within the text of the article.

    I noticed in reading some of their articles that there is no "bio" section. There is a link at the top of the article page to the bio page of the author and editors.

    Has anyone successfully used outbound links within the text of the article or from an author bio page on wikihow without their links being edited out or their articles deleted altogether?

    Thanks

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  • Profile picture of the author tylerdrun
    there's no revenue share with wikihow. There were plenty of flaws at Wikihow and I exploited to make $800 with one simple article a long time ago in the ex back niche.

    but they cracked down...

    so u can't put up sites unless u have niche sites to link to in the link bar... but u do get some traffic from wikihow now. Not that much because of saturation. Plus they don't allow duplicate topics which is a problem. You just can't add content to another wikihow and put your link.
    If you create a complete new one, you can. But they tend to delete all that's similar in topic. or merge which means ur link is lost.
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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by tylerdrun View Post

      there's no revenue share with wikihow. There were plenty of flaws at Wikihow and I exploited to make $800 with one simple article a long time ago in the ex back niche.

      but they cracked down...

      so u can't put up sites unless u have niche sites to link to in the link bar... but u do get some traffic from wikihow now. Not that much because of saturation. Plus they don't allow duplicate topics which is a problem. You just can't add content to another wikihow and put your link.
      If you create a complete new one, you can. But they tend to delete all that's similar in topic. or merge which means ur link is lost.
      Never tried them....and, I do realize that they appear to have great search engine authority....

      ...but...in the long run, I truly believe that websites, like Wikihow, that don't share revenue, will eventually be forced to in order to remain competitive with Web 2.0 sites that do....

      Why would I write for them when I could gain the search engine authority AND earn 50%+ lifetime residual revenue on all my content?
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      • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
        Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

        Why would I write for them when I could gain the search engine authority AND earn 50%+ lifetime residual revenue on all my content?
        ... you mean at somewhere else?

        Yeah, I'd skip wikihow for now - even if they do allow links back to you, I wouldn't want someone to be continually editing my article as they do on Wikipedia. Read the following excerpt from their site:

        "wikiHow is a collaborative writing project. You should expect other wikiHow community members will edit and build upon the writing that you submit here. By submitting your writing, you confirm that you wrote this content yourself or that you have received permission from the copyright holder to post it here. In addition, you agree to our Terms of Use and are willing to have your work released under a Creative Commons License."

        ... meaning, if I'm reading this correctly, that someone can strip out your link and replace it with their own. I don't believe you can lock your article for editing, either, but I could be wrong.
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        • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
          The classic case of the success of Wikis is Wikipedia, but, I do think, in the general scope of things, that expecting and hoping for people to make extraordinary amounts of contributions, with no monetary benefit, is an inherently flawed business model. Of course, one could argue that great content is derived from those who AREN'T financially motivated....but, instead motivated by contributing to a great site and community. I think this speaks highly of the importance of communities, but, if I site can mesh culture and community with generosity, I think it can take it to great places.

          Let me ask: How many people here contribute content to a site, like Wikipedia or WikiHow, that offers no financial incentive to do so? (I'm seriously curious)....money isn't everything, but in a world of limited time and resources, with each day, I think people are constantly having a plethora of new sites vying for their attention. Why should one spend time contributing to a site that offers zero monetary incentive, when they could incur MUCH greater benefit (search engine authority, developing their own business, revenue share, etc) for the same work and effort?

          To think that people will continually contribute for the fuzzy feeling it makes them feel inside to contribute to expanding the world's knowledge base. When people want, and NEED, to make money, I truly believe other models will prevail. The degree to which monetary incentive should be applied is a whole 'nother topic altogether


          Originally Posted by Rikki_Fawkes View Post

          ... you mean at somewhere else?

          Yeah, I'd skip wikihow for now - even if they do allow links back to you, I wouldn't want someone to be continually editing my article as they do on Wikipedia. Read the following excerpt from their site:

          "wikiHow is a collaborative writing project. You should expect other wikiHow community members will edit and build upon the writing that you submit here. By submitting your writing, you confirm that you wrote this content yourself or that you have received permission from the copyright holder to post it here. In addition, you agree to our Terms of Use and are willing to have your work released under a Creative Commons License."

          ... meaning, if I'm reading this correctly, that someone can strip out your link and replace it with their own. I don't believe you can lock your article for editing, either, but I could be wrong.
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          • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
            Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

            The classic case of the success of Wikis is Wikipedia, but, I do think, in the general scope of things, that expecting and hoping for people to make extraordinary amounts of contributions, with no monetary benefit, is an inherently flawed business model. Of course, one could argue that great content is derived from those who AREN'T financially motivated....but, instead motivated by contributing to a great site and community. I think this speaks highly of the importance of communities, but, if I site can mesh culture and community with generosity, I think it can take it to great places.

            Let me ask: How many people here contribute content to a site, like Wikipedia or WikiHow, that offers no financial incentive to do so? (I'm seriously curious)....money isn't everything, but in a world of limited time and resources, with each day, I think people are constantly having a plethora of new sites vying for their attention. Why should one spend time contributing to a site that offers zero monetary incentive, when they could incur MUCH greater benefit (search engine authority, developing their own business, revenue share, etc) for the same work and effort?

            To think that people will continually contribute for the fuzzy feeling it makes them feel inside to contribute to expanding the world's knowledge base. When people want, and NEED, to make money, I truly believe other models will prevail. The degree to which monetary incentive should be applied is a whole 'nother topic altogether
            I think EZA has this mentality. They think they're doing us this *great* service by *allowing* us to include two links in the resources box. But that's all the more benefit we get, with the exception of some link juice-ability. I think EZA would probably rather we dump the links altogether and just donate to their site. But maybe that's just the pessimist in me...

            But yeah, I can't believe so many sites get by on the fuzzy good-will of others. As more people lose their jobs, I anticipate some of this will wane.
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  • Profile picture of the author marketingva
    Hi,

    A client and I wrote a WikiHow about shaving and put my client's link in the sources and citations field. She gets thousands of visitors from WikiHow every month. Her site has tons of free information about shaving in addition to selling a product so it is a legitimate source.

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    • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
      Originally Posted by marketingva View Post

      Hi,

      A client and I wrote a WikiHow about shaving and put my client's link in the sources and citations field. She gets thousands of visitors from WikiHow every month. Her site has tons of free information about shaving in addition to selling a product so it is a legitimate source.

      Bonnie
      This is great, marketingva....each platform definitely has great success case studies....

      My argument continues to be the fact that she could catapult and reinforce her own site, services and personal brand off the search engine authority of sites like Wikihow....gaining great traffic and visibility for it, like you had mentioned, but, site dependent, she could also earn revenue share on that content....
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