Dreah Writes For a Living: Xomba is the best

and it was nice of you to take the time to sit down and REALLY compare the numbers. That was what I wanted, was an honest comparison. So I'm pleased to know my comments prompted you to do that.

I didn't ever say that I wasn't going to click on your ads...if I see an ad that interests me, I click on it, regardless of who's post it's on. I only said that I would not bother to read your "experiment" posts because they were clearly biased toward AC. You had clearly not taken the time yourself to do a true comparison. That was what I wanted to see.

I didn't mean to come across negatively, or to make you weary. I merely wanted you to do a true comparison, and to share those numbers with us. It seemed to me that you already had your mind made up when you hadn't even bothered to do the comparison yourself. I'm not in the least surprised at your conclusions and I'm glad to see that you see it too.

I don't begrudge you the right to write wherever and however you want. I understand your need to put food on the table and the need for immediate remuneration. Unfortunately there are sites like AC who will gladly take advantage of that need and fool you into thinking that they are the best way to go because you see immediate results. They know that most people won't take the time to stop and run the figures because they know that our society is geared to pay attention to the immediate.

Having people like you, here to write for Xomba, dedicating your time to drawing traffic to your own work, is not just for Xomba's benefit, but for your own benefit as well. That is what will increase the traffic here. I'm glad to hear that you realize that.

I sincerely wish you the best of luck, and the best of earnings for your work.

Lady:P

You actually made me think... another commenter was just plain nasty, and so I became weary.

An experiment is just that, and experiment... sometimes you have to flop and flounder around before you find your course.

Thanks for your support.

~While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about~

my research, however flawed that is was, was really not biased toward AC... just showed the reason I used AC now (in my mind anyway) as I need the upfront dollars.

Take care.

~While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about~

I'm glad Dear, that I helped you. I understand perfectly what it takes to put food on the table. I really do wish you the best of luck in your endeavors.

And I really would still be interested in an update now and then if you keep up on the numbers for us. I think you'll find though that Xomba comes out on top. It's writers like you who will help to increase our traffic...and that will benefit you, and me, and everyone on Xomba.

Good luck Honey...

Lady:P

Well dreah, I guess if you weren't talking about LadyP, then that would just leave me. So, let me respond.

A funny thing happens when you decide to post your writing in a public forum: you become vulnerable to comments and criticism. If you're not prepared to get such criticism, then you should reconsider sharing your writing publicly.

Here's the problem though. I wasn't being "nasty" as you say. I simply said I don't think you're a particularly good writer from what I've seen. And I also said I wouldn't be clicking on any of your ads. This is because I don't click ANY ads. I don't come to this site looking for ads to click. If these are "nasty" comments, then yes, I was certainly being nasty.

I get criticism all the time, but you don't see me whining and complaining about it. Why not? Because when I decide to make my writing public, I accept the fact that people may disagree with what I'm saying and that I may not like some of their comments. It's all part of the game. If you don't like it, then don't play.

is an illustration such as the previous statement.

~While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about~

I hope you'll excuse me Pub, while I talk about you in the 'third person' here. At least I'm not doing it behind your back, huh? You should admire that :)

I don't mean to sound like I'm defending Publius here, but sometimes his comments do come across as "nasty". It's unfortunate because he's really a pretty smart guy. I think people dismiss some of the things he has to say because of his manner, which is controversial at best and downright insulting at worst.

I, for one, would like to see his articles get more attention than they do. He's a very talented writer, and his articles are always well researched, well thought out, and well written. In my opinion he is one of Xomba's most talented writers.

His "I'm good, and I know I'm good" attitude comes across as arrogant and cocky. But I think he is merely speaking the truth as he sees it. There's something about that which I find admirable. Too many people nowadays are afraid to speak their mind or to stand up against something they believe in for fear of not being popular.

I would like to see him tone it down too, but by now, I know better than to hold my breath. Don't take what he says to heart...and don't let him piss you off...it's just one man's opinion.

Lady:P

(You know I love ya' Pub!:)

You don't have to put someone else down to prop yourself up. Just as he won't ever click ads on my work, I would never even read his writing (on purpose) because of his "your writing sucks" attitude.

If my writing is so bad, then why am I 'writing staff' on one website with the highest ranking on another?

You are right Lady P when you say "people dismiss some of the things he has to say because of his manner, which is controversial at best and downright insulting at worst."

I got his worst... and I say No thank you, I won't have any more.

~While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about~

I have learned something too.

I've learned that some people just don't understand what opinions are and can't handle criticism.

I've learned that the people who try to turn a comment like "I don't click on ads anyway" into "I'll NEVER click on YOUR ads" are obviously hurt by me not clicking their ads.

I've learned that the people who are so defensive about me not liking their writing and having to qualify themselves by saying how good they are on another site, probably aren't really that good at writing.

I've learned that some people, despite how much they try to be above the fray, can't help but post another comment trying to take another dig at the person they supposedly "won't have any more" of.

So, I guess we've all learned something here.

or a fly swatter... either way, the buzzing is getting annoying

~While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about~

Just ignore him dear...he'll get bored and go away.

Lady:P

Oh, LadyP...I was bored with this before my first comment. That's why I keep coming back. Nobody's writing anything interesting.

Being a crippled, undead retard, I don't care about the money.

But each post on Xomba--`Byte or `Blurb (especially `Blurb)--is the opening of a pen-pal-esque conversation. If someone responds to your content, you get a notification and can either comment on that or edit your article. All commenters get a notification of your action and can respond to it, a choice about which all commenters are notified, at whence they can choose to ... and on and on. It's Life.

On AC, content-providers are notified of comments to THEIR ARTICLES, but no one else gets notice of any further action on their articles. (They do let you SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR FRIENDS, which would be awesome if we could do on Xomba ... but it's still more a 'magazine' than a 'community.')

'Community': THAT'S where Life is! Don't get me wrong; the big, moldy, unchanging library of back-issues is an admirable work of dead sculpture, but I'm writing to people!

Hi Dreah, I'm Allison West, I also write for Associated Content. My upfront offers on Associated Content seem to be shrinking, so now I'm more into revenue sharing. I'll be posting articles to sites like Triond and Associated Content, and sites like Xomba where I receive $ from ad clicks.
I got off to a slow start on Xomba, but today I was so excited to see some clicks! I plan on working across all these sites, to maximize revenue. I love AC, but I think the earnings potential on Xomba may be HUGE over time, and ultimately more than AC or Triond. So I believe in a combined strategy for earnings, working on AC, Triond, Xomba.
-Allison

http://www.xomba.com/user/allison_west
http://www.triond.com/users/Allison+West
http://thecommacafe.blogspot.com
http://www.associatedcontent.com/allisonwest

And you can definitely make more money here at xomba if your smart about it. Also, I feel freer here at xomba than AC.

right before I went on my trip I watched a user rack up easily 200 bucks on one Xomblurb in 3 days.

This blurb

www.xomba.com/www_verizonetfsettlement_com_official_site_verizon_etf_settlement_get_your_money_from_the_class_action_settlement_now

Has easily made the user $200 since Sept. 12th.

And the Scrap Metal Article (something of much better quality) made that user around $80 last month.

www. xomba. com/ how_to_make_money_recycling_scrap_metal

Bringing the total to close to $1,000 for one article.

Yup, pretty insane.

It's been a while since I wrote this.

I would say that this site still has a lot of potential, meanwhile I am making a lot more on AC.

~While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about~

(I expect 'taprial''s next Xombie-sendup will describe MythMan as the Omni-mental Comment-Dude lol)

... well, 'commenting' and all sorts of other in-context linking you can do (all over the net!)

When you write a post you really think is 'worth it' (?), spend the rest of the day linking to it from comments on all the blogs you can; and point all your online-contacts to it until it almost seems old!

---Buddha tells Uncle MythMan, "Flood the Open Eyes with the Truth, for as Long as You Exist!" Help Him Spread the Truth (about stuff) Here!