If you’re publishing anywhere on the web that has some form of advertising on it, someone is earning money from your writing. Very few places make any attempt to share revenue they raise with you, which is why I’m such a fan of Squidoo and other social networks that allow you to publish content and earn money from doing so!
Recently I worked on a tutorial that showed squidoo users, and others, how to create an Ebay RSS Feed. Many responded saying thanks for the tips, though a few lensmasters who wished to share their revenue with squidoo and some who donate to charity via squidoo, who did not want to use this tool. I have just updated with a tutorial on how to include your squidoo campaign and custom id so that your lens gets the credit for earning commission.
Thinking more about why people wanted to share did make me realise that some were doing this just for fun, as an interesting hobby, and to raise money for charity. Others also seemed to feel that it is only fair to share with squidoo as they share with you through the monthly royalty payouts. It may well be thin line between squidoo paying staff to continue doing a great job and the site deteriorating because they can’t afford to pay the staff, but until I see Gil turning up for work in a ferrari or Megan dripping in diamonds, I think squidoo is worthy of at least one or two modules on a lens that will earn them some money too!
