This article describes how to make more money on eHow and other paid writing sites by using Google Trends to create timely, SEO articles.
things you’ll need:
A computer with an internet connection
1 If you’re like me, you probably have a notebook full of ideas for “how to” articles you’re just itching to get written to start making money on paid writing sites like eHow, Associated Content and other sites. I have written several articles for these sites and paid particular attention to the page views my articles receive. Articles I have written that happened to correspond with search engine trends have exponentially received more page views than other articles. Open your web browser and check out Google.com/trends to view the top 100 search engine terms.
2 Spend some time checking out the random and often bizarre search terms that are currently popular. For instance today, would be a great day to write an article on “How to lose weight like “How to lose weight like Paige 22 to 0.” Paige Schmelzer is a lady who went from a size 22 to size 0 by diet and exercise and I had never heard of her until today. There is one article by Lynwood Enterprise, USA which comes at the top of a Google search that is getting thousands of page views because there’s really nothing else on the internet addressing the topic.
3 After you review the Google trends, you write your article very quickly and let Google do the rest of the work. eHow has a very high page ranking. Check Alexa.com for current statistics. What that means to you is that your timely article on a trend is likely to rank higher in a Google search than written on your blog or lesser sites. Compare the Alexa ranking of eHow at 468 to Associated Content at 769. In theory, the same article written for eHow should rank higher than if published on Associated Content. It really doesn’t matter though, you’re just trying to get page views by writing current, search engine friendly articles.
4 Write your timely, trending article using the key words as many times as you can get away with that the article still makes sense. In other words, don’t spam the key words. You can use headings to increase the density of your key words without offending your reader. For instance, in the article about Paige 22 to 0 you might have a header that reads, “Who is Paige Schmelzer” and later in your article, “About the Paige 22 to 0 Phenomenon.”
5 As a final example for your consideration. I was trending one morning and saw that the search terms “2009 Calendar” was high on the list. I wrote a quick article, and to the top I went!
Instructions
Things you’ll need:
A computer with an internet connection
eHow article about making a 2009 calendar with your own photos. The article took me about ten minutes to publish and it has had three to four times the page views of any other article I wrote that month.
Tips & Warnings:
To effectively use google.com/trends, start early in the morning and work fast, the quicker you get your articles up, the more page views you will receive If you pick trends that reoccur you’ll already be poised for the traffic spike you’ll receive next year
Resources
Google Trends
Alexa
