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Many articles are written on how to make money by writing articles for Internet sites. Many sites exist who will publish anything people write, paying them for doing so. Other writers have their own sites and get paid through adsense or by selling advertising space on their sites. It is as important to know how to write and make money as it is to know what not to do.

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1. Do not plagiarize. Plagiarism is when a person copies another persons work. This can be word for word or offering an other persons original idea as your own. Not only is plagiarism cheating, but it is illegal. Quoting somebodies work is fine, as long as you make it clear whom you are quoting, on the Internet it might mean linking back to the source.
2. Do not steal pictures. Many pictures on the Internet are copy written, meaning the photography owns the right to reproduce them, and other people need to request permission to use those works. The same laws apply to using artwork created by another person. Use your own pictures or find some that are licensed such that anyone can use them.
3. Do not write about things you know nothing about. You will make mistakes and will come off looking like a fraud, especially if you offer yourself, through your article, as an authority. Unless you have anything to offer on the subject at hand, let somebody else write about it, and you stick to writing what you know.
4. Do not make up important facts. If you “think” something is true, but do not know if it is or not, either look up references to back you up, or state clearly that you “believe” this to be true. Such claims should be applied specifically when it comes to writing about health. If you want to tell everyone that eating less meat will cure cancer, find facts to back that up. Or make it clear you are writing about your opinion only.
5. Do not write when you are half asleep or distracted. This is a good way of forgetting important facts or missing words altogether. It is an easy way of making mistakes.
6. Do not write crap. Crap is pretty easy to write, some people write a lot of crap, thinking that the more they have on-line, the more hits they get, the more money they make. Crap is generally stuff written without direction or a point to make. With a lot of crap a person looses credit as a writer.
7. Do not write in languages you are not fluent in. A lot of writing sites are in English, obviously this one is. However, English is a tricky language and those who are not comfortable writing in English should stick to their own language, as a site with poor English grammar will be awkward to read and will not get spread nearly as well as a brilliantly written article in the writers first language.
8. Do not launch personal attacks. Slandering others or attacking them on the Internet is not only childish and mean, but in many cases illegal. There is no need to fight personal battles on line. Such attacks will lose you viewers except by the lowest level of humanity.
9. Do not be lazy. Some writers think the more sites they have on-line the better, often writing many short and uninformative pieces. This will lose you credibility as a writer. It is best to write as much information as you can without drowning the reader. If you have no insight to offer other than what is already common knowledge on a subject, do not write it at all.
10. Do not get so close to your piece that you are unwilling to take criticism. Everyone makes mistakes, defending them without verifying if you are right or wrong is not going to get you far. Calling people idiots if they do not agree with an opinion is not going to gain you any further views, and will only make you look bad in the end. While they may be idiots, they may just be people with different life experiences than yours.
11. Do not spam. Once written, the author often finds promoting their link difficult and some resort to spamming. This can be very annoying and will cost the person views in the end. It is better to share only a few of your best links rather than everything. Spread out your sharing and try to avoid sharing the same things over and over to the same people.
12. Do not view your own site over and over. People think the more they view their own site, and the more times they click on the ads, the more money they will make. In many cases this is not the end result. Sometimes it could cost them their adsense account, other times it actually lowers a sites credibility with advertisers causing them to drop the payment amounts.