If you’re a professional blogger who earns income by using Adsense on your sites, you know about “Google slaps.”  These are akin to penalties in football: various punishments dished out for various infractions (big and small) that a blogger might be guilty of.

I’ve recently become alerted to the fact that Amazon slaps, too.  Many Read the rest of this entry »

I make a habit of reading a lot of articles on eHow when I get the chance.  Lately, I’ve seen a phenomenon that seems to be sweeping the eHow community.  For some reason, writers have started to pepper (or stuff) their intros with Read the rest of this entry »

eHow has always required that each step of a writer’s article be “actionable.”  This means that every step that you write should contain “action” verbs, which a reader could act on (or act out).   But what qualifies as an actionable step?   There’s been Read the rest of this entry »

Judy (aka eHow’s budgetmom) wrote to me yesterday to ask for clarification on my “Objectionable Content” post.    Specifically, she wanted to know why Read the rest of this entry »

eHow.com does not allow any kind of spam or plagiarism on their site.  Following are explanations and examples of Read the rest of this entry »

In part one of this three-part series, I discussed how to properly format your articles for eHow.   Today, I’ll discuss what kind of content is not allowed on eHow.  eHow.com does not allow how-to articles that Read the rest of this entry »

I got a question from a woman named Veronica asking what eHow allows and does not allow on their site. She wants to know how articles should be written, and what topics are okay.

eHow.com is fairly permissive in what kinds of articles they accept.  Basically, you can write “how to” do just about anything, as long as 1) it follows the correct format, 2) it is not objectionable, and 3) is not spam, plagiarized, or in violation of any trademarks.

What exactly does that all mean?  Well, I ‘ve decided Read the rest of this entry »

Most writers, at one time or another, will experience writer’s block. No matter what you do, or how long you sit at your keyboard, the words don’t flow, and your supply of ideas has dried up. eHow has a solution Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, eHow did a second sweep of articles, removing many, many eHow articles that aren’t quiet up to eHow par. I had one article removed. I agree with the ruling. It was one of my early articles, and wasn’t up to my own standards, let alone eHow’s. One prolific and high-earning writer said Read the rest of this entry »

I enjoyed my short time off, but I am back in the writing saddle. I was surprised when I logged into eHow this morning. I had over 150 friend requests (presumably because my last appearance in the forum was a reply to someone’s post asking if anyone earns over $ Read the rest of this entry »