Wayne D's Blog

Ever since I asked my first question on Mahalo with good results I have been dabbling in the Mahalo universe. At first this was by answering question on Mahalo Answers, more recently my Mahalo participation has also included page management. Ah the beginning of June Mahalo allowed their users to claim and build pages on Mahalo. In exchange for building pages Mahalo offers to split the Adsense revenue with the page manager. Recently Mahalo has targeted How To pages as an area they want to build out and has also offered users money up front to build the page in addition to the fifty/fifty split on the Adsense revenue. Some page managers have hit the jackpot but even if you don't hit a wildly popular page you can still earn a few dollars for creating a page and keeping it updated. Reviewing the statistics shows that the majority of members are earning less than $50 a month from their pages but it's important to remember that at least Mahalo pays. There are plenty of other sites that rely on user generated contact without flowing any of the revenue back to their users.

The How To pages I have built, How to Make a Savoy Corpse Reviver Cocktail, How to Make a Dirty Mother Cocktail,How to Apply for WIC in New York and How to Avoid Panty Lines to name a few are a combination of quirky and niche so I don't really expect them to generate much revenue for me but that doesn't mean that someone who is more driven and dedicated than I could do quite well for a minimal amount of work.

One area where Mahalo excels is game walkthroughs. A day or two ago Mahalo built a page with a walkthrough for Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2 which includes eighteen HD videos. I expect that will make someone a fairly nice pile of cash. Other areas that have proven to be quite lucrative for Mahalo page managers are coupon pages and game cheat codes.

If you want to give Mahalo a try I would suggesting trying out the How To Rush week tasks. Mahalo pays $7 Mahalo and the How To editors will guide you in getting the format right. Full disclosure, if you if you decide you like it and build ten How To pages based on my referral I get $100. If building pages isn't of interest to you then Mahalo Answers may be more to your liking. I answer questions while watching TV which means that Mahalo pays you to watch TV.