In my last post entitled Swypefile.com – Monetize your submissions, I wrote a brief review of how this site works.
Having signed up and gotten the feel on how it works and what the potential is, I can say that I am impressed! I thought I would share in depth a little more about the site and how it is tied into Google Adsense to better explain the process.
When I first started with swypefile, I thought it was just like Digg and bloggingzoom. While there are a few differences, I thought I would highlight two of the main differences that set swypefile apart from Digg and bloggingzoom.
You can start discussions
If you don’t have an article to submit, that is ok. You can start a discussion! A discussion is anything that you want it to be, as long as it falls into the categories given in swypefile and meets their submission guidelines.
- All content must be related to online marketing per our categories listed in the sidebar. If the content you want to submit doesn’t fit any of our categories, chances are it’s not appropriate for swypefile.
- Use a great title that helps other swypefile users know what the content is about. Like a good headline, a good title can go a long way towards getting the content you submit noticed and read.
- Provide a full description. Tell us what you think about what you’re submitting, or why it’s important. This will also help ensure the ads displayed with your content are targeted (which helps you make more money!)
- Yes, you can submit your own content. In fact, we prefer that you submit your own content rather than having someone else do it, because no one can provide a better description than you.
- Do not submit homepage URLs or ads. All submissions must be about an individual news story, article, blog post, white paper, video or other specific content – not just the main URL of a website or blog.
- Ads and spam will be almost instantly deleted by our team of moderators. Repeat offenders will find that their URLs are banned and/or their accounts are deleted.
- Don’t make more than 2 submissions in a row. This will help preserve variety on the What’s New page.
How Adsense works with swypefile
I was wondering just how they were able to integrate Adsense into the submissions and when the payment was triggered. I wasn’t real clear on if it was when the article or item was “swyped”, when the title was clicked to read the review, or when the title was clicked that would take you to the article’s site page.
So, I wrote swypefile and asked them some questions. Considering all of the items that they are working on to go live with this, I received prompt and courteous responses to my questions. Kudos to Patrick at swypefile! Here is how it works as described by him in one of the emails.
Hi Elliott,
Ads with the author’s AdSense publisher ID are displayed any time someone clicks the title of the submission on swypefile and is taking to the page that shows the author’s description of the content, comments from other users, etc. Basically the page that looks like this:
http://www.swypefile.com/Blogging/Your_Fellow_Blogger_is_Not_a_Competitor/
On all of these pages, 50% of the time the author’s ID is used, and the other 50% of the time the ID of the person who referred the author is used. If the person who referred the author doesn’t have an AdSense ID then the author’s ID is used 100% of the time.
Our ID is used on the primary homepage and the What’s New page that shows the listings of all of the individual submissions.
Pretty simple!
In conclusion
I think swypefile has lots of potential and I have already seen an increase in my adsense earnings. I like the layout and it has brought some additional traffic to my site so far as well. Why am I telling you this? If you are looking for more traffic to your site or another method to earn some extra income, then why not check out Swypefile.com?
