Revenue Sharing Sites – By the Click or By the View?

There are two basic ways that Web 2.0 revenue sharing sites work:

1. Directly sharing Google Adsense / Chitika / Amazon revenue
2. Indirectly paying out revenue share based on views or some version of views

For direct Adsense sharing sites like Xomba and Infobarrel shine. You get the power of the big site and they take care of all the backend work. You just have to do the writing (SEO friendly writing of course) and build some links to your work.  The rest is just done for you.

For the better sites like Bukisa, Infobarrel and Xomba, the ad revenue sharing system is pretty simple and transparent – you and the site each get a cut.  Some sites like Infobarrel also encourage bloggers to help grow the site by paying out referrals (a small percentage of earnings by recruited writers).

One of the keys to success on Adsense sharing sites is to write with a focus on high value Adsense keywords while using keywords that will draw search traffic.

For sites like Associated Content payouts are based on views instead of a share of ad clicks. To earn well you just need to draw traffic with good links, good keywords, and social media.  You don’t really need to worry about looking for those high value per click keywords.

Also, some topics lend themselves to Adsense well while others are not as likely to earn directly.  A person looking for information say copper investing is more likely to click ads than someone casually browsing something they spotted posted to your Facebook wall.

In either case though, more traffic equals more earnings overall. When considering where you will post a particular article consider where it is likely to earn more – by the view or by the click – and select your site accordingly.

Regardless, you will want to do some backlinking to improve your search engine position and otherwise create traffic.  This Bukisa article explores ways to increase traffic to Bukisa articles (but these ideas will work for any revenue share site).  Another effective way to build search engine page authority and create more search traffic is to write about your topics on multiple sites and build one way links between the various pages.

Yes, I like to generate passive referral income  by providing valuable information on how to make money writing online, so if you are not signed up for any of these revenue sharing sites, please use these referral links:

Infobarrel or Xomba

Tagged as: Bukisa, Google Adsense, infobarrel, linking strategy, Xomba