InfoBarrel Preapproved Criteria

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How do you send earnings? Thanks! This site is going to be huge!

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Earnings on your articles are sent to you from Google directly. Our system is designed to delegate ad impressions out using your Google Adsense Publisher ID so that you can keep track of your impressions and earnings without the need for a middle man.

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Do you benefit or make any money from editing articles? I'm still unsure of why one would need to edit. Thanks.

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Hey kimmi,

Right now there is no direct benefit as member if you edit articles.
We may introduce something in the near future, where our outstanding members will have access to a list of articles that are good, but could use grammatical touch ups; we would definitely be creating a financial incentive on these.

In the mean time it is mainly for helping out other members of the community if they make a grammatical error or something along those lines.

Thanks for inquiring!

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If this site is more 'clean' (ie. free of grammatical errors and other things), it will get more hits. The more hits this page gets, the more hits your article gets. The more hits your articles get, the more chance of you getting money from ads getting click on.

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Hai,

I have applied google adsense but unfortunately i got rejected due to the website name should be under my own. Please let me know what needs to be done next.

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Hi Sivlee,

We've encountered this problem with member accounts before. What we have found that works is having the user fill out their About Me section and writing 1 or 2 more articles so that their member page has more content to show.

Also make sure you are using your member page as the page you are submitting to Google Adsense (http://www.infobarrel.com/Users/sivlee) and not just the InfoBarrel index.

Thanks and Good Luck!

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I think my adsense account was deleted, not sure way. I haven't used it in awhile. Is there another way instead of using google adsense?

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Handmadedreams,

I can't speak as to why your adsense account would have been deleted, but you should be able to reapply for a Google Adsense account using either one of your own web pages or your member page her at InfoBarrel.com.

Unfortunately, there is no other way of showing Adsense ads on your behalf at this point. Try to reapply to Google Adsense and see what they say.

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You could use eBay partner ads instead.

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Once you get your Ad sense ID and put it into your account, do you start to earn for the articles you have written before your put up your pub ID?

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Hey Rawr,

Yes, as soon as you put your Google Adsense ID into your account your ads will start displaying on all of your articles, whether new or old it makes no difference.

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i'm confused with the google adsense ID.. when i do the adsense setup .. it says i need to add a code to my site. do i have to do that?

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Nope, all you need to do is grab your pub-id that you can find in the top right corner of your screen after logging into Google Adsense. You then go to 'My Account' once logged into Infobarrel and place your pub ID within your account preferences.

Hope that helps!

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thank you!

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Why i dont have confirmation of being a partner on my adsense account?

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I don't completely understand your question, but in order to see your Infobarrel impressions within Google Adsense you need to create URL channel within your Adsense account referencing Infobarrel.com

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How long does an article usually take to be approved? Because my first two articles took 1-2 days. My third one now has been up thier for at least 4 or 5 days with no action.

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Dear admin
How long does it take to be approved an article?

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I was told that I would be denied or preapproved after I corrected a problem. The time give was "shortly". How long is shortly?

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Hi, once you have reached the qualifications set down above; How long does it normally take for the pre-approval managers review? Thanks. - Phil

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At this point preapprovals are manually approved. So it may take a few days before someone is able to take a look at your account and articles.

By the way, you are preapproved now.

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Yeah I spotted that. I should have known that as soon as I asked it would happen. Thanks. Actually I like the idea of a real live human checking over the articles. Thanks again. - Phil

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I have a couple of questions - its it true that you can edit other people's articles? What to stop someone going in and maliciously adding their own content or say their own links? How would the original author know - if my name is on it I want to know that the content is as I published it...

Also can you or can you not have selfserving links in the article content - I thought not from the editorial guidelines but then I see quite a few of them in existing articles (the articles not the sigs)

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The editing function was set up to InfoBarrel users to help each other out by correcting errors in grammar, spelling and formatting. Seeing how this could be maliciously used we require all user edits to other user's articles to be approved by an InfoBarrel manager. If an edit has been made an approved you will receive an email notifying you of the change so that you can check out the changes for yourself and change them back if you feel they don't work with your article.

While we like to confine most self-serving links to the signature box, we do allow some to pass as long as they are intended to expand on what the writer is trying to convey with their article.

Hope this answers your questions.

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Can you tell me anything about how earnings work? Is it ad clicks, views, page impressions, etc. Also, do you have to publish 10 articles in order to start earning?

Thanks for clearing any of this up for me!

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Hey PokeAdot,

Earnings are completely based upon Google Adsense. We rotate ads between our Google Adsense account and yours using your publisher ID. Each user is entitled to 75% of the ad impressions generated by their content.

Have you already signed up for a Google Adsense account? If not, the first step is to get an account at http://www.google.com/adsense

Google Adsense is a mix of per click advertising and impression based advertising, however it definitely leans more towards per click based payments.

Once you have your Google Adsense publisher ID attached to your account settings on Infobarrel you can begin earning immediately.

If you have require further assistance feel free to use our contact form and we can help walk you through the process.

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I know I've seen it on here somewhere, but how do you get approved to edit other people's articles? I just notice spelling issues off and on that I'd love to be able to fix since I don't know how to contact the writer.
Thanks for your help!!

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Nevermind. I actually just read the entire top post and it is right there. :)

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I am now prepared to hand in articles. I have today sent in my first, hopefully it should get accepted. I will then try to get the other 9 soon.

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The idea of getting 10 articles for approval is very good as it prevents spammers from coming in. When an edit is made, how will I know what is the edit.

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Hey Rudra,

Because of the potential issues with allowing articles to be edited by anyone, we have removed that functionality. Edits can now only done by yourself of by your manager or a site administrator.

If you want to be able to check what was changed, you can compare the current article to the previous version(s) by clicking on the [history] button in the title bar of your article. You will then be able to see all versions of your article that have appeared on the site and when they were changed.

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That is correct. I just looked at the history and there is the edit. Thank you Kev.

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My 10 articles have been published and have been a member for 14 days. Can I apply to become preapproved.

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Hi Rudra,

Once you have 10 articles published live to the site you are automatically added to the review list. There is nothing you need to do to apply. Keep in mind that the review process itself is a manual process in which an administrator will examine all your submissions (both approved and denied ones) to make their decision on whether to preapprove a member or not.

Please be patient as this process can take a little bit. You will be notified by email once you become preapproved.

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I meet the requirements for pre-approval. How do I get you guys to change my status?

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A similar question was asked by Luffy_12 Mar 14, 2009 12:48am. When entering my Google Adsense ID week's age, I inadvertently included the "ca-" before the prefix "pub-". I changed it today so that it started with the prefix "pub-" only. With and without the "ca-", InfoBarrel.com does not show up in my Google Adsense account under "Hosts with access" which is found after logging in to Google Adsense and clicking My Account tab > Account Access.

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Please disregard my Jul 9, 2009 1:22pm post. After adding a separate URL channel to my Google Adsense account for each article I have on Info Barrel, I can see everything is A-OK.

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Do we have to be pre-approved to include hyper-links in our articles? I just had my first article accepted today, YEAH!!!! The only problem is that the link I included is showing up as html code. I went to the edit screen and everything looks fine. Any idea what is going on here?

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Hey Ashwhit,

No you don't need to be preapproved to include up to 2 self-serving links in your article. That issue you encountered sometimes occurs when our text editor does not completely load before you start typing.

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I like infobarrels...

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How can I edit the title to my article? I can't seem to find an edit for just my title.Thank you

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Hi, do I get pre-approved automatically after completing the eligibility criteria? Or do I need to apply somewhere? I have 12 live articles but still waiting to be pre-approved.
Thanks.

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Hey Vishy,

Preapproval is a manual process done by the admins here at InfoBarrel. There is no need to apply for it. It will be done when you reach the criteria. If you are not preapproved then don't worry, keep writing and your account will be reviewed again and again until an admin feels confident in your writing and sets you to preapproved status.

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do you get paid just for having the ads on the page or only when they are clicked on? thanks.

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Hi a_borges,

That depends on what ads Google shows on your page. Show ads they show are based on views while others are based on performance.

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Please try to get the Google Analytics added onto the Infobarrel. This helps in knowing what work and what does not. For a person who depends on writing for a living this will be a huge plus.

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Hi cardguy,

Analytics is an option only available for preapproved members at this time.

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I also don't see Infobarrel as an website with "Account Access" on my adsense account. What might be going on here? I just copied and pasted the pub-XXXXXX into the appropriate field at infobarrel like it said to, but a week later nothing

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Hi Drenn24,

Have you added an InfoBarrel channel to your adsense account? If not then you need to do this before your can see your adsense stats on InfoBarrel. (not to worry, your ads are still showing whether you have created a channel or not)

For help with this see: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13993

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Ok I just did that earlier. I haven't had any clicks yet I suppose because I haven't seen any adsense earnings. I'll give it some time and see what happens

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Actually my new channel isn't showing up. I used infobarrel.com and created this several hours ago. Even when I say show all channels under Adsense reports it doesn't show the infobarrel one.

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The fact that Infobarrel doesn't show up on the "hosts with access" page under My Account...Account Access...makes me think something is not set up right.

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The way we have it setup, we don't require any access to your acount. Just set up Infobarrel as a URL Channel within Adsense and you should be good to go.

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So how many subjects do you have to write on? I am mainly interested in genealogy and gardening. I don't really want to write on other subjects, well unless something new catches my hobby eye. Or did you mean don't write about aphids on roses, why aphids eat roses, keeping roses safe from aphids, and keeping aphids away from roses kind of stuff?
Thanks
Mary

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Hi Maryrecord,

You are correct with the topics. We want our writers to show that they aren't just rewriting the same 2 or 3 articles over and over again. Writing different articles on genealogy and gardening would be just fine for diversity.

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waiting for preapproval here too.

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Hi timafa,

Preapproval is a manual process and accounts are constantly under review. If you aren't preapproved but feel you have met the requirements, don't worry, keep writing and your account will be reviewed again and again until you become preapproved.

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thanks, looks like you have been answering this same question over and over.
just another question:
how do you register for the contest? do you apply? Thanks

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Hey again Timafa,

There is no need to apply for the contests, you are automatically registered.

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I am new today - I wrote 1 article so I know I have a few more to go and I do not have my google account yet - Do I have to be preapproved first before getting google sense? ALSO I want to do an overview for a topic do I need my google sense first so I dont miss the credit?

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Hey Sunni,

Nope, you don't have to be preapproved in order to use Adsense on Infobarrel.

In regards to the overview, you are more than welcome to write an overview, but just so you know, we are much tougher when reviewing overviews.

We look forward to your contributions!

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Must I post the ads from my adsense on my articles? and If so how??? Or do I just put my adsense ID in the profile and thats it? Im lost and don't know where to post this code for my ad. HELPP??

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Hi Kfilipow,

You don't need to post your adsense ads anywhere on the site. All that needs to be done is put your adsense publisher id into your account and then the ads will automatically be creditted to you.

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my articles both got denied for lack of formatting and capital letters, i was gonna go edit then but they dont even exist anymore? does that mean i have to start over?

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Hi Bramy,

You can find your denied articles by going to your My Content page and clicking on the Denied Articles tab. From there you should be able to see your articles and the reason(s) they were denied and make the appropriate edits to them and resubmit them.

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Hey Admin, I've written InfoBarrel articles about some fairly obscure areas and lots of them have been declined - for bad English. Even though it is my first language and because I have been declined so many times now, should I create another account to demonstrate my ability to write better to have a better chance of Preapproval or will I still have a fair chance?

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Hi I-Crashin-I,

There is no need to create a separate account, your account will be reviewed as if it was the first time it has been reviewed.

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I signed up for an account on info barrel but haven't signed up for google adsense to make money yet. How do I do that?

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Hi rpauls6392,

Take a look at this article: http://www.infobarrel.com/How_To_Get_A_Google_Adsense_Publisher_ID

It will help you get your Adsense account.

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Also, I noticed that many of your article categories are things like school subjects such as psychology, science, math, history. What if I don't want to write school- like articles, but rather recipes and tips for saving money or driving safely? What category would that be in or do you not accept articles like that?

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Hi,

Those sections are just the base categories. Inside each of those there are more categories and inside those there are even more categories. If you write on a topic we don't have a category for we will create one.

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I have had one article (a video article) in the pending file for several days now. Others I wrote after that one were approved (how to articles) and two video articles I wrote the same day were approved -- but the one just sits there. How long will it take to be approved (or denied?)

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I just read that you can make a category if needed. I have relationship articles and cannot figure out where it makes sense to put them. Dating online and other topics. How do I put a request for a new category for dating, relationships and such? Thanks

PS Right now my online dating relationship article had to go under online social networking that's as close as I could get to anything that made sense.

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Hi Sonni57,

If you want to add a category, send us an email with the Contact Us form (http://www.infobarrel.com/Contact_Us) and we will add it for you.

The dating category you are looking for can be found er Society > Psychology > Social Psychology > Human Behavior > Human Sexuality > Intimate Relationships > Dating

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Okay thanks I'm off to edit the category.

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This is the deal. I am totally tech challenged and cannot seem to find where you add friends or see your list of friends. People add me as a friend and I can't figure out who they are. The link takes me to my homepage, but what to do after that is messing with my poor tired brain. How do you do the friends thing here at IB? Thanks for the help whoever knows.

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HI. I am trying to activate my google adsense account. I was approved by adsense. But now it has given me a code that I supposedly need to put in my HTML to activate the account. I am really confused about this step. What do I do? I have the code but don't know what to do now. Please help. I want to get this done correctly so I can earn money. Also, if I copy and paste the code in the HTML, will others be able to see my information and use it in bad ways? Thanks alot. I appreciate your help.

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Hi rpauls6394,

You don't actually need to do anything with the adsense code to display your adsense ads on your articles. What you do need to do is post your adsense publisher ID to your account. For instructions of getting this done see this article.

http://www.infobarrel.com/How_To_Get_A_Google_Adsense_Publisher_ID

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While we're on the adsense channel thing can you tell me if it matters that I messed up by putting it first on a custom channel because I choose the wrong one. Then I saw that there was a second choice, which is the url channel. So, I then put it on the url channel even though it was already on the custom channel.

Question is does it matter if I have infobarrel on custom and url channels or do I need to try and figure out how to delete one or the other?

Sorry I get confused easily with this sort of thing. Thanks to who knows.
Sonni57

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Hey Sonni57,

There is no need to setup a custom channel, just a URL channel.

I don't think a custom channel will interfere with your URL channel, just look at your URL channel when examining your stats.

Thanks

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Thank you for your help I will keep the url channel and try to delete the custom one.

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Hello ! I have no a google adsense, and a finished article that is pending.

How long will it take before you publish it ?
And what does preapproved means ?
i hope you can answer my questions :)

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Hi SilentButGood,

We try to get to articles within 24 hours of them being submitted, but sometimes we get backed up and it can take a couple of days to get to everything. Preapproved members are members whose articles get published immediately after they submit them. They don't go into the approval queue.

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Tnx !

I have another question. how do i get earnings, i mean at my google adsense i have 36 impressions and 2 clicks now but it still doesent show any earnings.

It would be nice if you could help me here :)

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Hey SilentButGood,

To track your earnings on Infobarrel with your Google Adsense account you need to set up an InfoBarrel URL channel on your adsense account. For help with this check out this article: https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13993

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Question about code showing up in an infobarrel article that I submitted to Digg. On the Digg site there is code showing up in my article, but when you click to the infobarrel site the article is fine.

All I did was submit the url as any other url on Digg. Can you tell me why it would look like this:
What are the signs of flirting? Can you pick up on it or do you wonder if they�¢ï¿½ï¿½re just being friendly? This is hard for a guy to figure out at times. One of the reasons for this is that women are fickle and they also lie. Say what! That�¢ï¿½ï¿½s right they lie. Many times they are flirting, but won�¢...

I am clueless on this can you help? Thanks

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Hi Sonni,

It looks as if Digg has trouble reading some special characters when it crawled you article. Some sites have issues with characters like ’ which is a special character version of '. These special characters are usually created in Word and they carried over when you copy and paste your article into InfoBarrel.

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I use the strip Word function every time, so Word wasn't in there or shouldn't have been. However, I will now get rid of the ' when I use Digg. Thanks for the response. I suspected it was the ' and that Word had something to do with it, but I couldn't figure how since I strip it out.

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Hello. I like your kitty avatar. I am wondering why when I log into my profile I do not see the articles I have written listed there. I have written 3 articles and I know that at least one was approved. What is going on. Thanks.

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2 articles I wrote yesterday are not under my content page. They are both recipes saved in the culture section. Were they approved? Is it ok to post recipes? Where can I see copies of my drafts that I have started? Thanks

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Hey rpauls6394,

Your articles were approved today. We try to get through all the articles that have been submitted within 24 hours but sometimes it can take a couple of days to get to them all.

Now that you articles have been approved you can see them by going to your "My InfoBarrel" page and clicking on the "My Content" tab.

For help finding your drafts check out this article: http://www.infobarrel.com/How_To_Find_Your_Live,_Draft,_Denied_and_Pending_Articles_on_InfoBarrel

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Do we have to ask about getting checked for preapproval or will they automatically do it once you meet the criteria?

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Hi Goingforbroke,

No, we have a system that automatically informs us of the members who are eligible for pre-approved status. There is no need to apply as we regularly review all accounts that meet the necessary requirements.

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Two questions: Do writers retain ownership rights of their work?
After a piece runs on infoBarrel can I post the piece on my blog and elsewhere?

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Hey dMarkins,

Writers do retain the rights to their work, but we do not allow articles to be posted to other sites, either before or after being submitted. This is done to protect the integrity of the site and all the articles submitted here.

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I have 17 Articles as of now and am looking forward to get a preapproved status.

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I just found infobarrel ( have no idea how I got here) but am looking forward to writing articles.

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I've tried looking but I have not yet found it anywhere

But I was wondering how often a member who meets the requirement is made a pre approved?

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Hey CSjun89,

Members who meet the requirements go up for review right away. This doesn't mean that they are approved right away. We go through the account to make sure we are comfortable with the writing and the topic breadth of the user. So if you aren't preapproved, keep writing and you will eventually get it.

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how do we get paid?

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I'm new here and was wondering if we are allowed to use Clickbank ads as resources at the end of our article, like "for more information, click here"? If I can, they will be directly related to my article.

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Hey genehoffpauir,

We don't allow "call to action" links like that to be placed in your article. You can however do that in your signature. You can find your signatures on your "My Account" page, on the right hand side in the My Signatures box.

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Cool working my way to meet the rules better to be in know write? Little play on words there ;)

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I have had one article published and it shows repeated twice. I went in to edit it but in the preview before editing it only shows once can you help me. please thanks.

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Hey Eileen,

Where are you seeing this article repeated? Can you send us the details via the Contact Us page?

Thanks

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On the displayed page
http://www.infobarrel.com/Easy_ways_to_Budget_Save_Money_and_Buy_that_Home
thanks

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How do we notify you if we think someone is using our content from another site?

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Hi MPmomof3,

If you think someone is breaking the rules or abusing the system, please email us with the Contact Us form or use the flag option on the article page.

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what is a google ads

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Hi Zaconia,

Google Ads are an advertising platform offered by Google. Infobarrel uses Google Ads to disperse earnings made on articles submitted to Infobarrel.