October
8
An eHower recently contacted me to tell me that when she first started writing for eHow, she was hit with dozens of requests from other writers, asking her to “digg” their articles. She says, “At the time, I didn’t know what “digg” was, and thought Read the rest of this entry »
October
1
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 »
September
16
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 »
August
25
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 »
August
21
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 »
August
19
For those of you who are interested in yoga, fellow eHow writer Michele Tune is running a contest on Read the rest of this entry »
August
15
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 »
August
10
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 »