One Fabulous Year on Triond

I celebrated my first year, about a month ago, publishing with Triond. This article might help people who are thinking about publishing. There have been some good points and some not so good points about using Triond. Let me share them.

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The Good News

Publishing with Triond overall has been lots of fun. They seem to be the only site on the Web who publish poets, articles and content – videos, audio and pictures. Mostly, I have settled into publishing articles, poems and have even created something new – the Web serial. The Web serial is several pages linked together in a series, such as, “Planets Alive,” a series exploring the new definition of the planet and man’s desire to travel the solar system in the near future.

Overall, Triond has been amicable and I have found publishing:

• Convenient: A big plus for me. I can write at my own pace and publish when I want
• User-friendly: The emails, the newsletters and the interface is generally easy to use
• A first: The only site paying for poetry and straightforward payout system

The Bad News

Publishing with Triond has had its’ bad points. Being a Web designer I find they are not W3C Compliant. This means that the pages are not up to international standards for Web useability – they don’t cater to people with a disability, they are full of spammer-codes and ads that choke pages. I would like Triond to improve their Web standards.

It’s not difficult. One recommendation would be to place single flash ads on a page – the ads that yield them the most revenue. Aim for ad quality, not quantity.

Some constructive recommendations for improvement:

• Put less flash-ad, only the ads of quality, on the pages. Go for quality advertising instead of cramming the pages with as many ads as possible.
• There is no physical address for Triond. I am led to believe that Triond is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. A physical address would ensure users they are dealing with a real company.
• Run each page through the W3C Consortium HTML validator. It would be excellent seeing the pages taken up to global-standard. It would give Triond the edge. It wouldn’t take too much effort to, “clean-code,” the pages. This would also make the pages download faster. Not all users have, “first-world,” computers.

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The Other Writers

I have read some great writers in Triond, all with a style of their own. I know many spend many hours working on their pieces. I don’t have the energy; I generally knock up an article in fifteen minutes.

In the year on Triond:

• I have made about US$15, which works out to about 3cents, a day. I know I could probably do better but I use Triond as a hobby, I guess.
• I have seen writers come and go. A lot have given up, some have bombed the server in a grasp at fame on the, “Hot User,” list and then died.
• I have a, “slow-and-steady,” policy now, publishing only when inspired.

That’s it folks. I have really loved my year publishing with Triond. I intend to keep it up as I am happy with Triond. Below is my top and bottom three pieces by views. Check them out. They might give you some idea about what has been successful for me in my fabulous year on Triond.

My Top Three Pieces:

Barbie’s Golden Anniversary Cake Jubilation: Sydney

An Abderian Lad from Kilkenny

The Racy Life and Dazzling Times of John C. Holmes

My Bottom Three Pieces:

Sydney Winter Dusk: Three

Kings Cross Tales One: Dr. Jim Eakin

Blue Heart