For article websites, popularity is proportional to earnings. The higher in popularity an article website is, the higher traffic it gets, which translates to increased page views for the articles on its site and therefore, higher earnings for the freelance writers who submit the articles. If you write to earn money on the internet, then the website to which you submit your articles is important. There a myriad of websites which you can write for and earn from, but how do you know which ones are good for you or your writing style? Do you know how they pay or which ones pay better? The following are some of the best article websites on the internet:

HubPages

i. Accepts and pays writers from any country.

ii. Accepts content submissions in the form of text (articles), images and video which can include photograph slideshows. All submissions must be in English. Accepts content that has been published elsewhere.

iii. Methods of earning are via Google AdSense, Kontera, Amazon’s Associate Program and the eBay Partner Network.

iv. Earning payments are made by the individual earning programs such as from Google or Amazon.

Helium

i. Accepts and pays freelance writers from any country.

ii. Accepts content submissions in the form of text (articles). All submissions should be in English. Accepts content that has been published elsewhere by the writer.

iii. Methods of earning include revenue share from page views, upfront payments, winnings from contests, sales of stock (writer’s) content, articles accepted by publishers on the Marketplace, from writing to empty titles (called empty title bonus) and from inviting other writers to join.

iv. Writer ranking system in the form of writing stars which depend on the number and ranking of submitted articles. Upfront payments depend on writing stars.

v. Utilizes a rating system where articles are ranked according to quality by other writers on the site. The higher ranked articles get more page views and earn more.

vi. No upfront payment for certain categories of articles such as creative writing, entertainment, sports, recipes, etc.

vii. Minimum payout of $25 via PayPal.

Associated Content

i. Accepts and pays writers from any country.

ii. Accepts content submissions in the form of text (articles), images, photo or video. All submissions should be in English. Accepts content that has been published elsewhere.

iii. Methods of earning include payment per page view and upfront payments. Payments per page view depend on writer clout (ranking); upfront payments are for United States residents only.

iv. All categories of content generate upfront payments.

v. Payments made via PayPal once you earn at least $1.50 in a month

Bukisa

i. Accepts and pays writers from any country.

ii. Accepts content submissions in form of text (articles), photo, audio or video. All submissions must be in English. Accepts content that has been published elsewhere.

iii. Methods of earning include payments per page views ($3.45 per 1000 page views) and from inviting other writers to join.

iv. Minimum payout of $10 via PayPal.

Triond

i. Accepts and pays writers from any country.

ii. Accepts content submissions in the form of text (articles), audio and video. All submissions should be in English. Does not accept content that has been published elsewhere.

iii. Method of earning is 50% of revenue generated by content which includes revenue from page views and advertising.

Payments made via PayPal (minimum payout of $0.50), Western Union and check.

eHow

i. Accepts writers from any country but pays only residents of the United States of America.

ii. Accepts content submissions in the form of text (articles), images and video. All submissions should be in English. Accepts content that has been published elsewhere.

iii. Method of earning is payment per page view.

iv. Minimum payout of $10 via PayPal.

Squidoo

i. Accepts and pays writers from any country.

ii. Accepts content submissions in the form of text (articles) and images. All submissions must be in English. Accepts content that has been published elsewhere. Adult content is allowed.

iii. Methods of earning are percentages of revenue generated from Google AdSense ads, Amazon’s Affiliate Program, CafePress, eBay Partner Network, from inviting others to join and others.

iv. Payment is via PayPal. No minimum payout threshold.

The above are not all the websites from which you can earn money; others include Suite101, Textbroker, DemandStudios and so on. To earn money from the above freelance writing sites, it is advisable to sign up to write for more than one of them. They are all free to sign up for. Content published on one of these websites can always be republished on any of the others that accept previously published content.