Ah, the life of a keyword concubine. When I went to log in to my Life123 account on Monday, I was greeted with a rather curt message informing me that “we are closing the program at this time and are no longer accepting new submissions.”
They also stated that the final payments would be issued in February. I’m not holding my breath. At least they only owed me ten dollars. I know several writers to whom they owed substantially more.
What really irks me is that they haven’t taken the articles down yet, so my articles continue to be viewed and generate revenue for them, but I don’t get paid.
I’m feeling a little like a used Kleenex right now. I know…I can hear all of you saying, “Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.” And you’re right, but content mills are something like the little girl in the classic children’s story: “When they are good, they are very, very good; but when they are bad, they are horrid.” This one got bad real quick.
On the other hand, my work at Text Broker, Suite101, and Demand Studios seems to be holding steady, and this week I’m “auditioning” to write for wiseGeek as well. Wish me luck!
And if you’d like to follow what I’m doing, here are a few samplings of my most current writings:
Outside the Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Order on Suite 101
Alzheimer’s Disease and Inappropriate Behavior on Suite 101
What are the Causes of Hoarding? Answerbag.com
