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New eHow Contest

Cyn Vela — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:19:56 +0000

Rich, eHow's community manager, recently posted information about a new contest that eHow is running. To participate in this contest, you must carve a pumpkin and participate in an "I did it!" adendum to an already-written article. First read this article, then get your camera and creative juices ready. The contest requires you to chronicle your [...]

Question of the Week: Can I Get Paid For eHow Referrals?

Cyn Vela — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:46:59 +0000

The other day on a writers' message board, there was a thread discussing whether or not eHow has a referral program. I was shocked to learn that there are a lot of non-writer people making a LOT of money by referring writers to OTHER writing sites. One woman on the board said she'd heard a [...]

Article Removal: Three of My Readers Think eHow is a Scam

Cyn Vela — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:57:25 +0000

Three people who write for eHow have contacted me in the last week, declaring eHow is a scam. I asked for their reasoning behind their opinions, and without exception, they all cited the removal of some of their articles from eHow's data base. Article removal --which has been dubbed "article sweeps" by some frustrated eHow [...]

If You Own A Blog: Notice of a Class-Action Lawsuit Against Yahoo for PPC Ads

Cyn Vela — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:25:02 +0000

I know some of you eHowers also have blogs of your own. I received notice this morning about a class-action lawsuit against Yahoo.com. If you own a blog that you have advertised on Yahoo.com before, this lawsuit could affect (benefit) you. The class-action lawsuit is being handled by a firm called Rust Consulting. The suit was [...]

Twitter and Digg: Can Social Bookmarking Increase Your eHow Income?

Cyn Vela — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:49:42 +0000

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 that all of these writers spoke hippie slang and had [...]