Hey Everyone,

We wanted to touch on three things today. First, let's talk about Featured Writers.

We've updated the list over at our blog from last week. If you see that a category disappeared then it is full. Overall, we have tons more openings, but we will be expanding our search outside Xomba now.

Second, Nick has changed his username to Nick - Xomba CEO. While it might be a bit corny we thought we needed to take the ambiguity out of his name. (Yes, I am talking in the third person here).

Third, we've been seeing a lot of Bytes and Blurbs about getting paid online. What worries us is that a lot of these people are fly by night spammers who are trying to make a quick buck by referring you to a site. Let's talk about getting paid by posting articles.

Here's the facts:

1. Never pay money to write online. EVER EVER EVER. Matter a fact if you see someone post an article on Xomba about making money from home by you buying or paying for something then please flag it. It's a scam. ALWAYS!

2. Getting paid by reads vs. clicks. Some websites pay you per thousand reads. This is called CPM or cost per thousand. So if you are getting paid $3.50 CPM then you will make $3.50 for every thousand reads you get. While with a program like Google Adsense you get paid per click. Eventhough, you can still look at your earnings by CPM.

In almost every case Google Adsense pays more. Here's how I know. If we paid you guys by strictly CPM let's say at $3.50 then we would make a killing. Plain and simple. Of course most of these websites still use Google Adsense, so you know they know it works.

We're not trying to jump on the Google gravy train, but we've done hours of research and we can tell you that Google Adsense pays more. Period. Bottom line. End of discussion.

Those people who say it's a scam or not making money using it cannot fault Adsense. Beware of the paid for reads or paid by CPM business models. Making money from writing sites should not have a complicated pay formula either.

Here at Xomba we believe in being transparent. We think it is important for you to know exactly how we operate. We also believe that 50% is fair and we wish more websites would take that stance outside of the writing field.

3. Just like with the recent Facebook Terms of Service mishap make sure you retain the rights to your posted work. The last thing you want is someone selling your articles. Xomba does NOT own what you post. That means you ALWAYS OWN what you post on Xomba.

We want you to be loyal to Xomba. However, if you are going to use other writing sites or other make money from home sites we think you should know the facts.

Please do not comment below about specific websites. We're not trying to trash anyone. We just want to make sure you do research and use caution when jumping on the make money bandwagon.