My Second Month on Xomba
71If you have never heard of Xomba, allow me to explain what the site is all about. Xomba is a social bookmarking site as well as a site on which you can write articles. When you want to post a link to your articles or post a link to something else on the web which you find interesting, you post what is called a Xomblurb. You have to include a 50 word summary of the article or site. If you decide that you want to write a unique article instead of a link, the post would be called a Xombyte. Each Xombyte (article) should be a minimum of 150 words.
On the site itself, your Xomblurbs or Xombytes are shown next to AdSense ads. Context is important as usual so you would want to include appropriate keywords in your summary in the case of a Xomblurb or write a keyword rich article in the case of a Xombyte. Xomba will alternate your AdSense code which you can provide when signing up with theirs much like HubPages does. The split is 50:50 so that half the time your AdSense code is showing.
I have been using Xomba for 2 full months now and have been very pleased with my ability to earn while simultaneously increasing traffic to my content both on HubPages and eHow. I have not yet completely linked to all of my Hubs yet. In September, I earned a total of $5.26. In October, I was able to earn $10.94. This was enough to push me over the $100 payout threshold for AdSense which I could not have achieved with HubPages alone. I have been so pleased with Xomba that I applied for and was accepted as a featured writer in the Money & Investing category.
Not only have the earnings been great, but Xomba has driven traffic to my Hubs. In just the short time that I have been posting links, I have received a total of 59 Hub views. Who knows what potential that has had on income? If you would like to drive traffic to your site and earn at the same time, I would recommend Xomba. It has worked well for me. Here is my referral code link if you choose to use it. I would certainly appreciate it. But even if you don’t, consider joining the site to earn additional money while promoting your Hubs.
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Thanks for sharing the info. I'll try to have a look as soon as I have some free time. You are doing very well in a very short time.
It actually goes in with the AdSense account. I have set up a URL channel for Xomba in my AdSense account and can track it. HubPages provides the data for the number of visits from Xomba to this site.
I have yet to post a Xombyte, but I have done a few blurbs and gotten a couple clicks. Even from my minimal use, I see it has potential. For example, I made a blurb just to get a link for a hub and the blurb is listed on page 2 of Google without me doing anything to promote. The Hub it links to is sitting on page 21 right now. Go figure
Absolutely, I have seen Xomba outranking HubPages several times. Makes me wonder at times if there is a reason my traffic on HubPages just doesn't seem up to snuff.
Sounds great, I'm going to check it out. Can you tell me how you set up a channel for Xomba in AdSense to track it? Do you just go to account settings, channels, url channels, add new url and then enter http...xomba.com, just like I enter my individual hub urls?
The issue with links featuring higher than the hub itself is likely to be due to the initial bias google gives when first indexing to ensure news is found quickly.
After a week or two I would expect the link to fall back rapidly behind the hub.
@Lily--Yes that is precisely what you do.
@mcbean--that is certainly possible. I will keep my eyes peeled.
Sounds interesting Kidgas, I'm bookmarking this hub.
Thanks, Ben.
Nelle Hoxie says:
4 weeks ago
This sounds very exciting Kidgas. You might have found "my next new place" to make money on the internet. Is payment more like Hubpages, where it goes into your adsense account - or is it like Squidoo where it's paypal. I know I'm too busy or lazy - to check it out myself.