Why are Articles Still Being Published on Triond Site Guyava?
Triond writers always complain about their articles been placed on the wrong sites but this one is the most extreme yet!
I promised myself that I would not raise this issue again but it is a puzzling one. Writers always complain about their articles been placed on the wrong sites but this one is the most extreme yet! Triond has had a site called Guyava since 2006 which uses the Hebrew language, very light font and is never spoken of in Triond circles yet articles from Triond appear there and have been appearing there from 2006 to this present day. Even the veteran Triond writers seem not to know anything about it. Of late many writers new to Triond have articles published there and here is the next catch – it does not appear to have ads on that site. How then do those writers profit?
Here is the evidence:
(1) Guyava.co.il uses Hebrew and even the“il” at the end of its name suggests that. See the screenshot below:
Image via guyava.co.il
I typed the website’s name in Google and when Guyava’s main page is translated it reads thus:
You can view the complaint of one Triond writer below as her article as placed on Hebrew site Guyava:
Image via https://getsatisfaction.com/triond/topics/im_writing_in_english_so_why_was_this_posted_on_a_website_that_isnt_in_english
How will Triond’s readers understand Hebrew? Yes, the articles themselves are in English but everything else with regards to site navigation is in Hebrew. Must they go through the trouble of using Google Translate so very often? That affects article traffic and therefore revenue.
(2) The font is very light as you will have noticed. Which reader is supposed to be attracted to that site? Which writer would want his work there and recommend it to friends? It will hurt the eyes of the eader and the chances of the writer.
(3) The site has no observable ads running on it. How do Triond writers get paid or are they charitable articles? For a second opinion as to whether there are ads running there see www.reverseinternet.com and type guyava.co.il in the search box.
(4) At present, mainly (if not only) spanking new Triond writers are publishing their articles there. Do they know that this is not your average Triond site? See the screenshot below to see the present titles in the feed:
Image via http://guyava.co.il/feed/
Using the picture method presented in my article What Your Triond Picture Profile Says About You I was able to ascertain that most of the writers in that screenshot joined this year – 2012. Some, who have no picture profile, started posting in 2012.
(5) Why is this site like a best kept secret so much so that even veteran writers have never heard of it? The archives for that site go straight back to 2006. Use the method I used in point 1 and when you see the translated version of the site you will see the archives running from 2012 back to 2006.
In my article The Return of Triond Site Guyava? two comments stood out. One writer who joined in 2010 commented: “I was not aware about this Triond site. Thanks for sharing this useful information about the site. Best wishes.”
One veteran Triond writer, a regular on the Hot Content List and who has been on Triond since 2007 replied:
“This is the first I have heard of this site. I looked at it and it looks very unprofessional. I certainly wouldn’t want any of my articles published there….”
(6) Why are “answers” from Triond about Guyava so evasive? See http://getsatisfaction.com/triond/topics/a_new_publishing_platform_guyava. There was never any clarification about this issue.
Will this topic go down as one of the many mysteries in the Triond community? What about those who have published articles on Guyava? Are they getting any revenue from those articles?
For related articles see:
The Return of Triond Site Guyava?
See Triond The Way It Was in 2006!
Blast From The Past (Triond Sites’ History)
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June 7th, 2012 at 9:57 am
very useful share, i didn’t know this. thanks
June 7th, 2012 at 11:02 am
It seems Triond has found yet another way to screw it’s writers. I wish this whole writing community would just join one of the other writing sites, so I could be done with Triond, once and for all.
June 7th, 2012 at 11:19 am
I was aware of Guyava from your previous articles. I suppose that most experienced Triond writers know to check if their articles have posted to an appropriate website. Unfortunately, there’s no way to flag an article on Guyava to bring it to Triond’s attention. I hope there’s no “adult content” that’s accidentally been posted to the site.
June 7th, 2012 at 11:29 am
I just posted my concerns about adult content on Guyava on Get Satisfaction. Perhaps that comment will get some attention.
June 7th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Is there the possibility that although guyava used to be a site that Triond members work could be published on that Triond have now removed it from Triond but have left it as a stand alone site?
June 7th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
Well, I thought of that at first but the fact is that those Guyava articles appear on one’s own Triond portfolio of articles.If you look at chocicynic’s page at the following link you will see that writer’s Guyava article title in the portfolio next to the writer’s Quazen article title. See http://www.triond.com/users/chocicynic
June 7th, 2012 at 7:42 pm
See also writer “I am Ravens Mommy”’s Guyava article (Girl In The Mirror) presently at the top of her Triond portfolio at http://www.triond.com/users/I+am+Ravens+Mommy. The publication date is May 19, 2012.
June 7th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Wow… you are the Triond historian… keep up the good work…. and keep asking questions. We all look forward to the answers.
June 7th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
This is a puzzle. Perhaps, since Triond is based in Israel, there is some sort of rule in their country that requires them to have a site in their language.
June 8th, 2012 at 5:57 am
good thought
Hey awesome article.. great share.. it was great reading your article.. hope to read lots more articles from you in future…
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Regards,
Mr Arrogant
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June 9th, 2012 at 3:23 am
Triond is screwed up..
June 10th, 2012 at 8:51 am
Thank u so much for this info. Although I don’t know what is the best thing to do if my article would be in that site…. but at least I’m aware of it now. Thank u so much… you’re such a blessing. God bless u more!
June 10th, 2012 at 10:03 am
God bless you too roviepacaldo! Thanks for all the comments everyone.
June 10th, 2012 at 4:33 pm
This is not a good thing…
July 25th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
I didn’t know about this. Thanks for sharing this information.