How Does InfoBarrel Work?

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thanks!

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Thanks. At the same, with this age of citizen journalism we are able to excel on one's passion in writing creatively and freedom of expression.

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Do we enter the adsense publisher ID as 'pub-123345456' or '234345657' It's not really clear.

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Hey Lordkhomar,

It is pub-123456789

We ran into a problem for the last couple days with the ads, but resolved the issue yesterday so stats probably weren't showing up even if you had it properly setup. The ads should be back working 100% and showing up in your account hopefully today. We are going to be shifting the rev share to 90%+ over the next week to make up for our mistake.

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Hi,

I have just joined as a new writer and have a couple of ideas to write on. Pls. suggest, how do I get started?

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Hi Seema_Adnani!

First welcome to InfoBarrel, we are glad you've come aboard! To get started check out this page:

http://www.infobarrel.com/Create

This is where you go to write your articles. At this moment there are 4 different templates that you can choose from to help you structure your articles. Each template has a description of what type of topic its ideal for.

Once you have chosen a template you then select a title and can begin writing out your article. We have a text editor that makes functions like bolding, making a link and adding pictures a much simpler process. Once you have finished you then click "Publish" and it will be submitted to our article queue for one of our managers to approve.

You can also save your article as a draft at any time to come back and work on it later. Your drafts can be found in the drop down navigation bar after you log in.

Hope this helps you get started. Good Luck!

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Hi,
Thanks for the information. The text editor is missing in my "create article" area

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What web browser are you using? There is currently an issue with Safari and Google Chrome.

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Yes, I am using Chrome. I will try using the internet explorer.

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Alright, sorry about that but we are waiting on a fix for our editor so it will be compatible with more browsers.

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I was just wondering how do we check the amount of money earned? Do we just wait for a check or is their a amount we can look at?

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@ DearkHero5050
In order to earn money you need to signup for a Google Adsense account over at http://www.google.com/adsense

Once you have been approved you place your Google Adsense publisher ID in your Infobarrel account and you Google Adsense account will automatically be credited.

Google will then pay you when you account is over $100.

Hope that helps!

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Thank you very much it does help.

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Glad to be of service

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How many views does it usually take to get to that amount?

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It really depends on the topic.

Certain topics are more valuable in the eyes of advertisers. More general entertainment related content may get a lot more visitors but will earn less than another article with less views.

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I use Firefox as my browser and can't copy/paste from the editor box when creating an article. This is a problem as I like to write my articles in Word first then paste them into another text editor so I've always got a copy on my PC in case it crashes in mid-edit (these things happen to me lol!) Is this something that might have a fix in the pipeline?

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This is the first that we have heard of this problem. Could I get you to email me the details at admin@infobarrel.com so we can try and work this issue out.

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Its ok, I fixed the problem. The problem came when trying to copy text from the editor as I was typing - an alert box pops up to say that action is not allowed. The alert comes with a link to Mozilla where there is a workaround for this. It means adding infobarrel.com into the profile to allow cut/copy/paste from the editor. Not hard to do in case anyone else has the same problem - just follow the instructions and its fixed.

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I hope this is fixed soon it is June and I have same problem.. I consequently did not put on some articles. Basically I HATE explorer it is soooo slow and FIREFOX has features I use a lot!

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Is there anyway to get an RSS of my infobarrel articles - I wanted to add them to a portfolio site?

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Hi Lissie,

We have just added this feature. You can view your article feed on your "My InfoBarrel" page in the "My Content" tab.

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I wrote my first article for you guys last night and i have to say im impressed by the turnaround time. Less than 12 hours for an article to get approved is excellent, most sites take nearly a week.

One question i have, should we monitor our earnings by creating a new adsense channel for each article or is there an easier way of doing it?

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Hey Dambrath, thanks for the feedback on our response time!

Depending on how in depth you want to get with your statistics, I would suggest creating an Infobarrel.com channel and then possibly channels for each of your articles. We have been fiddling with a function that would allow preapproved members the ability to actually receive the Google Analytics information for their articles which would help you identify which articles are making you the most money.

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Loving Info Barrel. What effect does thumbing up and down have on an article in the system?

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Hey Brawnydt,

Thumbs upping or downing an article helps us decide which articles should be featured articles.

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Hi - how do we know if someone has signed up for InfoBarrel using our referral link? Is there any way to check how many people we have referred?

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Hey Britblogger,

You can see who you have referred by going to your "My Account" page. On the right hand side under your Referrer Link there will be a list of all the members you have referred.

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I've tried to save a draft several times. When I click save draft the next screen tells me it was saved but then when I click the drafts tab it says I do not have any saved drafts. Any suggestions?

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Hey Bestmommy,

Can you use the Contact Us form (located in the footer box at the bottom of every page) and send us a description of what happened and any messages you got on screen when you tried to save your draft? That way we can better help you out and figure out this problem.

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Is there a way to edit articles that are in the approval queue? I've just realized that I have a "to" instead of "too" and I've got a spelling mistake too.

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Hey Anders,

We recently added a Pending Articles tab on your My Content page. This is where you can get access to your articles that are currently in the queue.

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I'm having trouble getting the Contact Us form to actually send, so I'll post this here!!!

I'm having trouble publishing articles.
First, they tell me there was an error retrieving my signature - what does that mean?
Second, because of this I don't know if they are being sent for review or not
Third, one article has appeared in the denied folder, but I'm unsure why? I haven't had any feedback. Very confused

Thanks.

Kat

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hi,
it isn't very clear how to add the info barrel channel to an adsense account. I put my number code in my data info but then didn't know what url to use as the channel. Is it possible to add this info next the place you have to put the adsense data so that it is clear what one needs to do.
Thanks.

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Hey Tiptopcat,

That is a good idea. We'll add instructions on setting up channels to the How to Get a Google Adsense Publisher ID page.

For reference you can find out about adding channels here: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13993

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Hey,
I would like to congratulate all the staff at info barrel. I think that you are all doing a great job at making an educational and intelligent website. Many similar websites do not give out fair amounts of money where as this website gives out extremely fair quantities.

Keep up the exemplary work

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My name is Lesley and I'm new. I just wanted to say hello to everyone.

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Hi I just submitted my first article.
I have been trying to discover how to change my password but can't see anywhere where it can be done. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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How much time we will get 75& revenue, life time???from infobarrel.com

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Is there anywhere we can see if we have been successful at referring others? I have sent people here via my referral ID link but don't see where I need to look to see if anyone has signed up under me.

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Hey NicheGuy,

You can see your referred members by going to your My Account page. On the right hand side you should see a Referrer Link section. If you have any referred members, they will be listed here.

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I published an article yesterday but I can not find it anywhere on my account. It would be nice to have a status that says article is awaiting approval rather than showing nothing at all or is there a problem somewhere?

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Hey Timafa,

We recently added a Pending Articles tab on your My Content page. This is where you can get access to your articles that are currently in the queue.

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I dont' udnerstand why my articles have had so many views yet they do not correlate to the views listed on my adsense page. My adsense page suggests there is much less views associated with my content. Do you guys know what the deal is here?

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Hi Brixxyx,

There are a couple reasons for this. Our views number shows the absolute number of views your page has gotten since it has been online. This includes all refreshes and page reloads, visitors that don't have javascript enabled, visitors that don't stick around long enough to have the page fully load and even include visits from search engine crawlers in the count. Whereas Adsense will not always count a view or impression for these activities.

We are working on tying Google Analytics into each article so that the views listed on the page will be much closer to the number reported on your Adsense page.

I hope this answers your question.

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How do I close my account? I've emailed site admin and got no response?

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Hi there. Can I use Kontera on this site? If so, how?

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Hi sarahblakemore,

Kontera is currently not available for users. The Kontera revenue goes to fund our server costs and out monthly contests.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Hello,
I just signed up to your interesting site.How do I put a photo on my info-barrel/profile?.Can I do it via a handphone or e-mail it on there?
Cheers

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Hey Grumpy,

Right now the only way to add an image to your account is to go to your My Account page and add it in the My Avatar section.

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Thankyou admin-san,I`ll have a look at my Avatar section.
cheers

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Just wanted to let you know how pleased I am with this site. I've been writing for ehow for months and have made absolutely nothing. I just started 2 days ago with you guys and I'm already making money. You also featured one of my articles, thank you very much for that!! I've never thought of myself as a writer and I've been blown away that I've gotten over 500 views on that article you featured. Thanks again. I'm dropping ehow completely and putting my efforts on here.

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I forgot to ask my question! Can you e-mail people on your friend list on this site?

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Hi mdue,

I'm glad you are having such a positive experience with the site. You can't email other users just yet, but that is in the works and should be making its appearance on the site some time in the near future.

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Hi! I just recently signed up on InfoBarrel and I was wondering if I can use some of my articles that I have written elsewhere and post them here? Thank you,

jan (RhinestonesForever)

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I don't believe that they can co-exist at two websites, Jan.....I have been contemplating taking all of my articles down off of eHow, and moving them over here in order to satisfy this requirement.....InfoBarrel is MUCH more user friendly, and not stricken with the same glitches that eHow is.....

Does anyone here know how long one would have to wait, after stripping articles off another website, until they can post them here? Thanks!

(Howie)

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Hi,

You should be able to post the articles here as soon as they are taken off of the other site. Our approval process is very hands on and we check to see if an article has been removed from the site it was previously on, so we'll know its been taken down as soon as it is submitted to InfoBarrel.

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Great! Those 'other' sites could learn ALOT by how IB is running things over here....it's nice to come across a website that is very easy to use, and has clear and concise guidelines for article submission....

...ok....off to transfer my articles over to here! :)

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phew...well, I uploaded roughly 32 of my articles today.....can't wait for that to go up significantly higher now that I have the 'greenlight' to strip everything off eHow and Squidoo....looking forward to a lasting relationship with IB....

P.S. You take care of the users, and they'll take care of you...always remember that ;) :)

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Hi RhinestonesForever,

We have a strict policy against duplicate content on Infobarrel. We do allow users to post content that was previously posted elsewhere as long as it has been take down from that site before it is posted here.

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Is this the only way to contact the admin to ask questions or if you have a problem? If so, I just joined and have an issue of being able to view my referral link due to this pesky blue feedback sign on the right of the page. It takes off the last two digits of the number/letter or whatever. Can someone email it to me or maybe get rid of the feedback word.
Thanks to whoever knows the answers.
Sonni57

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Never mind, I'm dumb and finally figured out how to get the referral number. However, I still would like to know if this is our only contact with the admin or if there is a PM box/other form of communication. Thanks
Sonni57

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Sonni57,

I haven't sent a direct email to them yet, but there is a "Contact Us" button under the site links section if you scroll all the way down, and look to the Left of this page (Right below this comments section)......I have heard that IB does respond to emails pretty quickly......I'm not quite sure why it's taking so long to answer questions in this comment section though.....it appears like it's been a pretty quick and painless way of communicating, based on previous responses....

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Hey Sonni57,

The best way to get in contact with someone at InfoBarrel is to use the Contact Us page (link on the bottom of every page).

Thanks

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I'm going to post this question again....simply because I would like to begin stripping my articles off of eHow and Squidoo, and bring them over here....if IB requires that articles uploaded here cannot be uploaded anywhere else, then I would rather have them here........other websites could learn ALOT from IB's revenue sharing....if they can integrate charities, that would be great as well....

(REPOSTED question)

Does anyone here know how long one would have to wait, after stripping articles off another website, until they can be posted here? Thanks!

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I stripped my article off Ehow and reposted it right away here. The ehow article was removed from google right away, so I felt okay to post it here. It was approved within an hour.

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Have you had trouble DELETING articles from eHow?....I can't figure out for the life of me how to do it (Perhaps, they meant it to be difficult to remove your article?)....anyway....I had to go article by article and fill each Box in with BLANK....

funny, though, I received an email from eHow staff wondering why I keep publishing articles that just say "BLANK"....needless to say, I have been extremely unhappy with their website platform....I'm generally a nice guy, but, I'm not taking a chance with posting my content there....it's infested with all types of glitches, and they do these 'article sweeps', and I've heard of longterm members loosing upwards of 60+ (it happened to one user...) articles with very little feedback...

...not a chance I'm willing to take...especially when I work so hard at writing articles...

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Hi x3! Yes, some of my articles I couldn't get into because of their glitches, but the ones that you can get into to edit, you just click "expanded view" at the top of the editing page. That puts everything on one page so that you can simply scroll down to the button, and click "delete article". You'll have to enter those 'are you a person' letters and maybe check a few things at the bottom, but that's worked quite well in removing the article quickly from their database and Google. (You know how they like to steal away our traffic, anyhow) Hope that goes well for you! It's just a crapshoot as to what article you can actually get in to edit....

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It may take a while to answer due to the weekend is all I can think of. By the way, thanks for pointing out where the contact is. I would leave my articles in tact until you get an answer, but that's me I err to the safe side most of the time. Thanks again for your help.
Sonni57

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Does anyone here know how long it typically takes Google to begin serving contextual ads that relate to an article's content? I'm asking because I still seem to be served those generic public service adverts....perhaps I need to wait a few more days? :)

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Hi x3xsolxdierx3x,

It is usually within 24 hours but sometimes they take a couple days. I think it depends on how busy their crawlers are and how many new pieces of content get submitted in a day.

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The "Add pictures" feature on the write article page seems to not add the photos. They upload the photo but nothing happens after that and the photos don't appear on the finished article. Am I doing something wrong?

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Hey SelmaOR.

Once you've uploaded your images you can simply drag them into the article body. I created a video a few months back showing you exactly how to do it.

You can find it using the following link:
http://www.infobarrel.com/How_to_Spruce_up_your_Infobarrel_Articles

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Thanks, I found that video earlier but the sound is soooo low you really can't make out what is going on...I have finally figured it out. There does seem to be a few glitches with the method, though. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you think it didn't work, go back in to add photos again and get duplicate photos that show up. Is there a lag time? Do we only see photos once Admin has approved the photos?

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Hi,

There are a few glitches that we are trying to work around and some browsers behave differently than we expect them to, which we are also trying to work around.

There should not be a lag time when uploading images. If it does not appear, then there usually has been an error that should have popped up on your screen. If it doesn't can you email us with the Contact Us form and we will do our best to figure out the issue.

Photos do not need to be approved by an admin before you can see them on your writing page.

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'Nuther question--when do points update? I tried to do a search for this info but your search engine returned about a hundred pages of articles.

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Hey SelmaOR,

The points for the contest get updated every night at about 4am EST. You achievement points get updated at about midnight EST.

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Hmmm, I tried to grasp everything but I'm kind slow. I don't know how I can contribute as I don;t have a good writing skills. But I will try.

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I'm new to this so thank you for the 411.

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help !

I put 2 articles as SAVE DRAFT and I have no idea how to get them back to edit and publish them. I do not see them in my account !

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ok - got it

in the Open Navigation Bar, there is more options

lol
thank you !

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Why is it that when you pick an article from the things to do list you only get 50% instead of 75%.

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Hey Lynn,

The articles that give 50% are the category pages. These pages are different from the regular article type and thus the difference in payout.

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I have over 700 views on more than one of my articles so altogether I have close to 3000 views and my adsence is showing less than 200 total for the entire time I have had an account..What's wrong??????????????

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There is a large variance between InfoBarrel's statistics and Google Adsense because InfoBarrel's stats are raw data that includes web crawlers (bots), page refreshes, comment posts, incomplete loads, amongst other things. Google's statistics will be slightly more accurate as they crunch the numbers on the raw data and supply you with impressions generated by real live functional human beings.

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I have over 700 views on more than one of my articles so altogether I have close to 3000 views and my adsence is showing less than 200 total for the entire time I have had an account..What's wrong??????????????

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Hey Lynn

There is a large variance between InfoBarrel's statistics and Google Adsense because InfoBarrel's stats are raw data that includes web crawlers (bots), page refreshes, comment posts, incomplete loads, amongst other things. Google's statistics will be slightly more accurate as they crunch the numbers on the raw data and supply you with impressions generated by real live functional human beings.

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How does the points system go in determining earnings for this site?

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Hey rpauls6394,

There are two points systems here, one for the monthly contest and one for milestone achievements. The achievement score has no bearing on your earnings, it is there to compare your activity on the site with other members. The monthly contest points are explained in each month's contest as they are not necessarily the same each and every month.

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A quick question if I may? Is there a way to preview an article? I've just added an image to an article (the first one I've added)and I have no clue what it will look like.
Thanks for your response.

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Hey Infoking,

There is preview function available for all the templates except for blank. One is in the works for that template and should be out shortly. How you see the image in the template should essentially be how it appears on the article.

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I had an article here that was not answered and suddenly, strangely disappeared. Where is it and why was it taken off?

Tripe4444

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hi all ...i have just joined , wrote a article about the fraud that has been connected with the windows 7 launch parties..how long does it take for it to be approved ??????

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Hey Endeliz,

We try to get articles approved within 24 hours but sometimes, when we are backed up or over holidays, it can take a few days. We are workign as fast as possible to get to all the articles in the queue.

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Although I am sure the information is somewhere, I do not have a website and fail to qualify for adsense. Therefore, I will receive no pay for my articles. Unless this changes I must use other publishers. Is there any alternative?
Tripe4444

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Hey Tripe4444,

The only other publisher we offer at this time is Chitika (http://www.chitika.com). Once you sign up for them and add your account ID to your InfoBarrel account you will start showing those ads.

Chitika ads (at the time of this writting) appear on the right hand side of your article, underneath the related articles box. The ads only appear when a user reaches your page via search (ie Google, Yahoo, Bing)

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To my friends at Information Barrel:
I wrote this article to EHOW: "I am no longer in your outfit. You said consistently to wait 2 o r 3 buiness days. Then, low and behold, my article is published behind my back.: Friends, if yoo write articles, watch out!!! Ehow will print your article, take your money and run. Stick with a great oranization liker Information Barrel.
Tripe4444

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Tripe, eHow won't be around very much longer if it continues with it's way of doing business. I strongly believe that they could learn ALOT from Info Barrel....from their customer service, to earnings transparency, and quality assurance....Info Barrel's alexa.com trends are position it to be one of the foremost leaders in article submission, in the near future...

just watch ;) :)

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Being new to this site I can see its potenial I hope I can stick to this as well as some other sites that I work on as well. Thanks infobarrel for the chance to earn online easy like this:)

Take care everyone

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I am baffled about how to use a font system when writing my article. For example,in one section the font looks like 14 and on the next section about a 10 or 12 font. How do you regulate the size of your letterswhen writing. There is no place identified to do so.
Tripe4444

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I answered my own question. Rather, Kevin did. If you are using MS Word, paste your article on notepad and, thereafter, paste it on the article format. It works great. Thasnks Kevin
Tripe4444

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Thank you for the great information on getting started on Infobarrel. Very helpful!