Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

This is the Frequently Asked Questions document for Earnwrite.com.  If you have just joined Earnwrite and are looking for a getting started guide, read the Getting Started With Earnwrite article.

Can I Put my Articles on this Site and Other Sites Also?

For best results you should not put the same article on multiple sites, search engines will downrank your articles if you post them in multiple locations.  If your significantly change your existing articles before posting them, you may avoid being downranked.  You may not plagarize or publish articles that are not your own work.

What are the Requirements to Publish an Article?

An article must conain at least 250 words and must be your own work or the copyright is held by you.

These are the bare minimum requirements.; We recommend that you write well organized informative articles free of gramatical and spelling errors.  Articles that are longer than the minimum and contain lots of targeted information are more likely to be discovered by readers using search engines.

For detailed information on article requirements read the Article Quality and Publication Standards article.

Why was my Article Rejected?

Unfortunately many people will submit low quality articles to try to get lots of views, hits or a big presence on the site; however, this is counter productive.  Lots of low quality articles will result in a low website ranking in search engines and will cause readers to look elsewhere for the information they desire.  Thus some articles will by reviewers if they do not meet our quality standards.

When an article is rejected a generic reason code will be supplied and sometimes additional information will be provided.  Once you fix the problems identified and bring your article into compliance, you may re-submit it and it may be approved.  

What is the 10 Article Bonus

The 10 article bonus refers to the boost you get in ad your percentage ad views once you publish 10 articles on Earnwrite.com. See the description of the Publisher Level below for more information on the bonus. 

How do I get Paid?

You are paid through advertising services that you have set up.  When you enter a publisher id in your account profile, a portion of the ads shown on your articles will contain your publisher id. If you do not have a publisher account the following article will lists the currently suppored advertising services:

Getting Started with Earnwrite

We may add support for other advertising services in the future.  If you do not enter your publisher ids into your profile, you will not earn income from your articles.  Earnwrite does not track your earnings or issue payments.

What are the Current Ad Sharing Percentages?

Introductory Level

50% of advertisements will contain your publisher id

Publisher Level (The 10 Article Bonus)

When you have 10 quality articles published on earnwrite.com, the percentage of advertisements with your publisher id will go up to 80%

If you publish 10 articles and each of those articles gets 100 views a week, then you would have your ads displayed 800 (.8 X 10 X 100) times.?  If your clickthrough rate is 3% and you earned $.25 on each click. You would have earned $6.00 from your articles.

Once you reach Publisher Level, you may also reqest to be a reviewer.  Reviewers have the special priveledge of being able to review and approve other authors articles and can help drive the growth and productivity of the site.

Referral Bonus

For every person you refer to earnwrite.com, your publisher id will appear in 10% of their articles advertisements.

Advertisement percentages are rewarded individually by article.  For example if you have two articles published and the first one has 100 views and the second one earned 10 views then you would have your ads presented in 50 of the views for the first article and 5 views of the second article. If you were referred to the site by someone, the person who referred you would have their ads presented 10 times in the first article and 1 time in the second article.

If you refer 10 people to us and each of them writes 10 articles, you would earn 10 percent of the ad views on all 100 of those articles. If each of those 100 articles got 100 views in a week you would have had your ad placed in 10 percent of those 10,000 page views or 1,000 times.  If your click through rate were 3% and you earned $.25 on each click you would earn (30 X .25) or $7.50 in referral income in addition to the income you earn off of your won articles.

Do I Lose Ad Views if I was Referred by Someone Else?

No, referral ad view percentages do not come from your ad percentages - so it does not hurt to be referred by someone.  The referral program is designed to reward you if you refer other active publishers to us. 

What is my Click-Through Rate and Amount Earned on Each Click?

This information is available through the advertising networks that you have signed up to use. If you have put your publisher id in the system, you would log into your advertising service account console to check your clickthrough rate and amount earned.

How can I Suggest New Features to be Included on Earnwrite.com?

You can use the feedback tool located along the side of earnwrite.com to submit user suggestions. Suggestions can also be voted on and tracked with this tool.

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