I like Bukisa more than AC at this moment
By scheng1
@scheng1 (24650)
Singapore
November 8, 2009 6:22am CST
Bukisa is getting better and better, while Associated Content is overflooding with bugs and other nonsense.
For one thing, the page view payment in Bukisa increases recently. For another thing, Bukisa adds a tweet button, and I notice that a few of my articles have a few tweets. Since I dont even have twitter account, neither do my friends, those tweets come from interested readers.
AC is getting worse in both indexing and page loading. The moment AC gets rid of one bug, another bug surfaces. It's getting very frustrating!
For those who write for both sites, what is your experience with both writing sites?
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12 responses
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
9 Nov 09
I am glad you posted this because I have been wanting to investigate Bukisa and give it a try. I did an article on cheap decorating with flowers and AC rejected it for upfront payment but they called it "buying cheap flowers." The article was not about buying flowers it was about how you can spend very little money and have flower arrangements in every room of the house. I even had pictures!
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
9 Nov 09
Hi Canellita, why not submit to Helium instead? Bukisa has no upfront payment at all. It's better for duplicate content with some rewriting.
I think it's time to rewrite your articles and post in Bukisa. That will save effort and you can upload ten articles in a day.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
9 Nov 09
What I like about Bukisa is the $10 minimum to reach payout, unlike the $25 at helium. Does it take a long time to get enough page views in a month to reach payout at Bukisa?
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@rg0205 (2636)
• Hong Kong
8 Nov 09
Bukisa is increasing in popularity. As for Associated Content, that site only seems to serve real benefit to those who are from the US. If you're not from the US, you only get paid per 1000 views which really bites.
Bukisa is a lot better, too, when it comes to views, not just because AC has more bugs in it.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
9 Nov 09
I am from the US and I have yet to be paid for 1000 views! They took three articles for upfront payment, the last offer was $2.09! I prefer helium to AC.
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
9 Nov 09
Hi Rg, the passive payment computation for both AC and Bukisa is comparable, if your article is long enough.
Bukisa jams all the words in one page, even if your article is 2,500 words. AC will split into 6 pages. So when a person reads the article in Bukisa, you gain one page view, when reader reads the same article in AC, you gain 6 page views.
The problem is that AC has so many bugs, and they seem to make things worse for search engines to crawl the articles. Bukisa is getting better. The tweet button right on top of the article is a neat idea.
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@abhi_bangal (3686)
• India
8 Nov 09
I agree with you completely. I know that Bukisa is better than Associated Content. I had heard about Associated Content that the site is not that good for Indian writers. As they are paid only the compensation for the article they write and not according to the views that the article might get. I don't know how true that is, but I did not experiment much with that.
On the other hand, I had always heard something or the other good about Bukisa. Many said that they are earning good on this site. But honestly speaking there was always some or the other problem for me as far as Bukisa is concerned. Like, publishing my arcticles, I had to do that at least twice but they got published anyhow. I am also not sure as to how to promote my articles. Can you please help me a bit in this.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
8 Nov 09
Do you have social networking sites, such as Facebook or Twitter account? It's gettting much easier to promote.
Then you can promote internally. Many writers use a one-for-one comment exchange. If you add a comment in their articles, they will add a comment in your articles. That is a good way to increase page views.
The best is still to use seo techniques in writing, and wait for search engines to send readers.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
9 Nov 09
Scheng send me your hubpages ID so I can add you.
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@anuramn (240)
• India
9 Nov 09
Hi Abhi,
Do a keyword research before writing articles. Think of phrases you would use if you are searching for the particular article. This way you can write quality articles and it'll be easy for the search engines to track your articles. Take a look at my blog. There is an article about keyword research. All the best!
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@coghlanwriting (8)
• United States
16 Nov 09
I love Bukisa! I really can't stand Helium, AC, or Triond. I've written a few articles for them, but yuck.... I stopped. I kind of like Suite 101, and demand studios is okay, but I kind of got burnt out on writing articles for them because their editors are so inconsistent.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
17 Nov 09
Compared to Demand Studios, Bukisa is hardly a writing site for serious money.
At least the top earners in Demand Studios can make more than thirty thousand dollars per year, I doubt anyone in Bukisa can even make a hundred dollars per month.
bukisa is just for fun and make a bit pocket money.
@rosepedal64 (4188)
• United States
8 Nov 09
Hi scheng
I haven't worked on Bukisa. I have heard of them and wasn't too sure if it would be a site that I could make money on. I am a member of ehow and my earnings are going so slow there. Do you think that maybe I could do much better on Bukisa then I do on ehow? Good discussion and keep up the good work. Have a nice day and keep smiling.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
8 Nov 09
Hi Rose, I dont see any link in your profile page.
Anyway the type of article for ehow is different from Bukisa. Ehow is a step by step instruction, Bukisa is article-type format, more similar to Associated Content type of writng.
I can't really say how much you can earn from Bukisa, it depends on your networking skills, your seo techniques and the referral earnings. Bukisa has a three levels referrals earning. Even if you dont write a lot, you still can earn from referrals.
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@rosepedal64 (4188)
• United States
8 Nov 09
I have high views just low earnings. It takes me two months to get my payout. I have an ideal. Why dont you go to my profile and there you will see my ehow link and go check them out and then let me know what you think on the sense of maybe doing Bukisa. That is if you dont care to. Thanks.
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@kush20006 (515)
• India
8 Nov 09
bukisa is just good for reading not for discussion
east or west mylot is the best
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
9 Nov 09
250 words is nothing! I may have to start using helium titles to make articles for Bukisa! I can usually crank out 200+ to 300 words easily without reasearch. Then sometimes I have to figure out how to extend the article to the minimal 400 words when there is little more to say. I am liking the idea of writing at Bukisa more and more.
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@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
12 Nov 09
I would like to try Bukisa as it allows pre-published articles. I haven't tried it. As of AC,I have 6 articles paying some cash. They do not allow upfront payments for non-US residents and hence I am less active at AC.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
12 Nov 09
Hi Nishdan, you might as well repost the articles from AC to Bukisa. I think you can get rather good result if you change a few words here and there, especially in the first few paragraphs.
bukisa pays quite good rate for pageviews. But the minimum payout is $10. The good thing is that the minimum word count is just 250 words. And now they have spellchecker for you to correct any grammar mistake before posting the articles.
@AnythngArt (3302)
• United States
9 Nov 09
Hi Scheng, I wondered where you have been today? I see you are here, at our old discussion grounds. This weekend has been a nightmare for AC writers. So many people who have commented on my articles, when I go to return the favor, all I see is "No Content Found." on their page, with no articles shown that I can link into. What a nightmare! The famous AC poet even wrote a poem about the troubles over there.
Well, you know my story with Bukisa. I really would like to try it, but I never got any response from them when I contacted them with inquiries. Maybe I should try and sign up again from the beginning?
For now, I am just reposting old articles to AC and writing for Helium instead. It sounds like people are a lot happier with Bukisa. Who can blame them if you compare it with the troubles over at AC?
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
9 Nov 09
Hi Art, try to sign up again, perhaps with a different user name and email. Just make sure that the paypal email is correct, that's all.
That "content missing" or "content will be available soon" is a very old problem. That sickening AC tech team should have resolved it once and for all.
That Bukisa tweet button for every article is a very neat idea. I haven't been uploading anything for Bukisa for a long time, haven't been writing for Helium also. I spent more time on my blogs and trying to get more backlinks to the blogs. very time-consuming and tiring!
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
10 Nov 09
Talking about posting duplicate to Bukisa, I write a couple of words here and there if the articles already appear in AC and Helium.
If I upload in Helium only, I dont rewrite, I post the exact duplicate. Sometimes, I change one word in every five words or one word in a sentence, that will be sufficient. The search engines will not consider that as duplicate anymore.
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@Canellita (12029)
• United States
9 Nov 09
Oh, this is terrible for AC writers!
Scheng, how long has it been since you posted a helium article? Has your writing score suffered any?
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@cwilson26 (2735)
• United States
9 Nov 09
I haven't been with Bukisa for very long but I have heard my friends say they like it better too anymore. I have been writing for Associated Content for three years and it is hard for me to break away from them. I only have two articles up on Bukisa right now so I don't see much of a difference yet. Maybe I should concentrate more on Bukisa for a little while.
Do you write for Mahalo or Ehow? You should check them out if you don't. :)
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
9 Nov 09
Hi Cwilson, Bukisa has no upfront payment. You can probably rewrite some older articles to repost in Bukisa. That will save time for you.
Ehow does not pay international writers at all. Helium is better, except that it bans Indian writers. Bukisa has a great referral scheme, so it works even for people who can't write, and want to make money
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
11 Nov 09
Hi K466, that is not strictly true. If you have a 1,000 words article, then AC is better.
AC splits the long article into many pages, while Bukisa is a single page, even for long article of 2,500 words.
So in page view computation, AC will consider a long article as 4 page impressions (assuming 4 pages long), and Bukisa is just one page view.
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@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
9 Nov 09
Income in Bukisa is open for all countries. Upfront payment for AC is for US citizen and US resident only. Its because of the so called "tax-law" implemented by the goverment. You can still earn but limited to page views. Page views is equal in Bukisa. I have written to both sites. Minimum payout for AC on the PV is only $5.00 while on Bukisa, it is $10.00. Earnings on AC lately is lower compared to the previous months. While on Bukisa, the index was a little bit higher than before. You can also invite friends and writers in Bukisa and earn something for their income. The good thing is that I do not promote all my articles in these sites and still they are earning and reaching the minimum pay-out every month.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
9 Nov 09
Hi Fulltank, the mimimum payout for AC on PV is $1.50, not $5. I remember writing hard for two months to get the first payment of $1.50.
Anyway, my articles in both AC and Bukisa are duplicate content from Helium. In term of earning for international writers, Helium is still the best of all. Too bad they restrict participation from Indian writers.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
9 Nov 09
Scheng when you post the douplicate articles how much re-writing do you invest in them?
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