Helium.com - Is It Worth It?

Many people want answers to the following questions. What exactly is Helium.com? Is it worth it to write for Helium? How exactly does Helium work? Well I'm going to attempt to answer those questions. Here's everything I know, including my own experience with writing for Helium.com.

Helium.com is basically earning money through advertising and paying out a fraction of these earnings to writers. They ask writers to come and submit articles. Anyone can write for Helium, there is no application process, no filtering system, you just write something (whether good or bad) and submit it into the Helium system. It is immediately published on the Internet for the whole world to see. Writers can submit articles, poetry, recipes, or even their point of view on a wide variety of topics.

Once an article is submitted to Helium it gets rated by other Helium users. It can rise to the top (number one) or end up at the bottom. Articles are supposed to be judged on quality but because it isn't a group of editors who are evaluating the articles, personal opinions can affect how an article is rated as well.

When people are searching for information through search engines they may end up finding your submitted article. People also search for articles directly from the Helium site. When someone clicks on an article to view it the writer will be paid a tiny bit of money. If many people read your article the pennies may add up. But that's where the Helium system gets tricky.

There is no way to see how many people have viewed your article or how much you are being paid per view. It's a Helium mystery. Helium.com says that high quality articles will earn you more money. What does this mean? Well, nobody really knows.

A good thing about the Helium system is that you will continue to earn fractions of pennies on your writing forever, however long that is. So eventually you might earn a few dollars on an article.

You can keep track of your daily and monthly earnings on Helium and you must have a minimum of $25.00 in your Helium account before you can be paid by PayPal. You must have a PayPal account to be paid by Helium.

So is it worth it to write for Helium? Well, that depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for exposure for your writing, to enter writing contests (which Helium now offers) or to see how other people will rate your writing then Helium is a good option. If you are looking to earn money you might end up disappointed.

You can earn extra money by writing for Helium. But the amount you are paid is not worth the amount of work involved. You would have to write hundreds or maybe even thousands of high quality articles to make a few hundred dollars a month. Of course there are some high powered Helium writers who are making some cash, but it's not the usual experience.

I actually enjoy writing for Helium. But after writing a little over thirty articles I lost my Helium mojo. I even made it onto Helium's front page. But with all of that effort, and many number one articles I've made a whopping $17.49 so far over a few months. Unless those pennies add up over the years I've been wasting my time. But I do love the competition of being rated and also participating in the contests!