There are a number of websites on the internet that accept articles from writers and pay them for it or enable them earn revenue from their articles by publishing them. Such websites include Associated Content, Ground Report, Helium, Triond, Review Stream, Constant Content etc. Two of the most popular are Triond and Helium. A lot of writers usually sign up to submit articles to these two sites without knowing exactly how they operate. This is a comparison of the two sites and their methods.

Revenue Earning Potential

When writers sign up to submit articles to a site on the internet, they usually expect to earn some revenue for their efforts, therefore, the first point of comparison is how you get paid on Triond and Helium.

- Helium organizes regular writing contests where contestants can earn as much as $60 for winning the first prize. Helium has a feature called the Marketplace where publishers who are in need of articles can submit their titles and offer payment for them. A writer can earn between $20 and $200 if a publisher selects his or her article as suitable for its purposes. On Helium, a writer also earns revenue from having his or her work published if it is very popular, highly rated and receives a lot of views. You only earn on Helium if you have received at least one writing star and are therefore, a starred writer. A writer can also earn revenue on Helium from rating articles.

- On Triond, a writer earns revenue from having his or her work published on a number of websites. Triond splits the revenue each work earns 50/50 with the author. This revenue is usually from the number of views the article receives and from the advertising space it sells to businesses on the sites where the writer’s articles are published. There are no prerequisites for earning revenue.

Type of Articles They Expect

Although both websites accept articles on a wide variety of topics, they differ in the style they expect you to write in.

- Helium prefers writers to contribute articles to already established channels (topics) to which articles have been submitted. The article is then rated and ranked. This enables them to have the best rated articles on a particular topic at the top of the list and thus, it receives more views. Helium requests that you submit the titles to any articles you wish to write (if you choose not to contribute to already created topics); which it vets and either asks that you modify the title or it accepts the title and the writer is permitted to submit an article to that topic.

- Triond places only one restriction on articles which it will accept for publishing: that it must not have been previously published elsewhere. If an article has not been previously published, Triond will publish it without instructing about a change in title or topic. It does not require or prefer writers to contribute to any chosen topics.

Exposure

Helium and Triond are two very popular article sites but here too there is a difference in the way articles get an audience.

- On Helium, for the most part, the articles you submit to them live on their website. They employ a blind rating system where fellow writers rate articles which have been submitted for publishing. Articles are ranked in the order in which they are rated; therefore, the highest rated articles are ranked first. Thus, an article gets to be seen by a lot of readers if it is one of the top-ranked articles; consequently, lesser ranked articles do not get a lot views.

- Triond employs a different system. It publishes articles on a wide range of sites which it maintains. Each of these sites focuses on a particular topic. They include Authspot which publishes creative writing such as poetry and prose; PurpleSlinky which publishes funnies; Gameolosophy which publishes articles on games etc. Thus, articles get individual views and do not depend on a rating system.

Payment Method

- Helium pays via PayPal only. PayPal is an online payment system which is a fast and effective way of paying out revenue via email. The one disadvantage to this system is that PayPal payment service is not available to a number of countries; therefore, writers from those countries cannot receive payments.

-  Triond pays out revenue via three (3) methods: PayPal, Western Union and by check. Thus, writers from countries where PayPal is not available can receive their payouts by the other listed methods.

A few more things to compare are:

Helium prefers its writers to write in a professional manner and on Triond, anyone can write just about anything in any manner he or she wishes to write in.

Helium considers some channels (topics) to be relative non-earners. These include creative writing, religion and spirituality, entertainment just to mention a few. On the other hand, all topic matters published on Triond have the same revenue earning potential.

These are some of the differences between Helium and Triond and this should help writers decide which one of them is better suited for their purposes. Better still, a writer can sign up to submit articles to both sites and enjoy the benefits of using them both.