I’m not so sure how my blog has helped me at Orato. I don’t link to the articles there, nor do I advertise them. I think they happened to have earned what they earned on their own.

I’m sure my readers will read these posts (and your stern warnings) and do their research to make their decision as to whether or not to write for Orato.

Thanks for your input.

You know how that little box comes up on your computer, asking if you trust a particular website or publisher before running a program? If anyone were to ask me that about Orato, my resounding answer would be “NO.” It simply doesn’t pass the sniff test.

As I stated in an earlier post, the revenue tab is the key. I once registered over 700 new views on Orato and that revenue tab didn’t move one penny. Oh, I complained about it, and lo and behold the next day it suddenly moved.

I republished some of my Orato articles at Bukisa, and within ten days I had passed my total earnings at Orato. And mind you, those articles had been sitting at Orato for almost a year. And I did it on far, far fewer views.

Congratulations on getting paid from Orato. Well, that’s one by my accounting. Having this blog probably helped, don’t you think?

Orato’s 12,000 views a week is really poor, especially for a site that’s been around since 1998. They don’t even bother to update their blogs anymore, another bad sign. It’s just as well, as their past blogs have almost entirely centered on the editors and their own careers. Virtually nothing about the writers, future plans for the website, etc.

Well, when (if) you make special correspondent, please let us know. Have you ever read Catch-22, by the way?

This is Axel, over and out and flying off into the wild blue. Yes, my definite final post on Orato. Good luck to all…

I guess I was feeling quite the opposite. I only wrote 3 articles for them and forgot about them until I received payment from them in my PayPal account.

I tend to write shorter articles so the 600 word limit is just fine by me. I usually prefer to break up longer articles into a two or three part series rather than one long article. The extra pages means there are more page views and more ads.

You’re right about the revenue updates. They don’t seem to happen daily and they never implemented the analytic tools, but since I only have 3 articles there, I guess it doesn’t make much of a difference.

I don’t think I’ll use them as one of my main resources for earning money, but they are good for backlinks and a couple of bucks here and there. As a matter of fact, I wrote three articles for them around the same time I wrote three for InfoBarrel. So far I haven’t earned a penny with InfoBarrel. From my experience, I’d rather write for Orato than InfoBarrel. Just my humble opinion.

The biggest warning is the revenue tab, which doesn’t update every day or every week for that matter. Oh, sure, the view number changes, but those $$ don’t seem to follow the normal uptick like those at other writing sites.

Also, Orato never did deliver on their promised new analytic tools. As for their “special correspondents,” I could only find one and he’s an editor.

Orato is also behind the curve in their SEO practices. They limit articles to 600 words, incorrectly assuming that anything beyond 600 will diminish SEO. Nonsense! I’ve written articles numbering 1,200 words or more on other sites, and that didn’t stop them from placing page one on Google and garnering thousands of views.

This is my last post concerning Orato. “I speak” from experience, and you can heed my advice – or not.