"Triond" Review

Triond is a legitimate passive income opportunity for experienced and non-experienced freelance writers to make money online. To earn money on Triond, a freelancer should understand how the site is set up and the site's payment structure.
Who Can Write for Triond?

Triond accepts all writers. There is no application process. A freelance writer simply needs to set up a Triond account and begin submitting articles. A Triond editor reviews submitted articles. Content is not checked for quality but merely to ensure it does not contain material that is offensive or illegal. Since seasoned writers and newbie writers alike can submit content to Triond, the quality of the writing on the site varies considerably.

How Is Triond Structured?
Triond is a compilation of various topic websites. When a freelance writer submits content for publication on Triond, the article is assigned to one of the Triond sister sites. The Triond sites include the following:

    1: Authspot – creative writing
    2: Cinemaroll – movies
    3: Computersight – computer, software, and hardware
    4: Gameolosophy – video games
    5: Gomestic – home and garden
    6: Healthmad – health
    7: Musicouch – music
    8: Newsflavor – news
    9: Picable -- photography
   10: PurpleSlinky – humor and offbeat
   11: Quazen – hobbies and activities
   12: Scienceray – science
   13: Socyberty – society, politics, and human behavior
   14: Sportales – sports
   15: Telewatcher – TV
   16: The Real Owner – pets
   17: Webupon – web-based applications and online services
   18: WritingHood – writing information, tips, and advice

How Does Payment Work on Triond?
Triond is a passive income opportunity. Triond's pay structure is based on page views. Triond discloses that it pays 50 percent of the revenue generated by the ads displayed with articles.

Pay per page view on the different Triond topic sites varies considerably. Healthmad and the Real Owner are two of the highest-paying Triond sites, and Authspot and Picable are two of the lowest. Though not disclosed by Triond, pay per 1,000 page views fluctuates between about $1.00 and $2.50 on the various Triond sister sites. Pay per page view on each of the Triond sites also fluctuates a bit based on how many ads are clicked on individual articles.

In November 2009, Triond implemented the option for writers to add Google AdSense affiliate links to their articles. Writers who choose to add AdSense to their content receive 50 percent of the AdSense revenue generated by ad clicks. These writers also continue to receive pay-per-page-view residual income on their articles, though at a slightly lower rate due to the addition of the Google AdSense ads.

Triond pays via PayPal or by check. The Triond payout threshold for PayPal is $0.50 but by check is $50.00. AdSense revenue is paid directly by Google. The Google AdSense payout threshold is $100. Google pays via check or bank transfer.

What Is Pros and Cons about Triond Passive Income Opportunity?

Triond has a reputation for being a non-professional writing site. Triond accepts work from any writer. The site does not have any style or formatting standards. This is both a plus and a minus, depending on how a freelance writer uses the site. For instance, articles that have images as the focus are accepted for publication on Triond, which is a rarity for online content sites. Many Triond writers have had much success with this type of article on Triond.

Since Triond accepts content from any writer, Triond’s page rank is low. To succeed on Triond, a writer must be decent at SEO. Even well-optimized Triond articles have difficulty competing for the first page of Google.

My Final conclusion on Triond?
As is the case with other passive income writing opportunities, there are pros and cons to writing for Triond. Triond is an “anything goes” writing opportunity. Freelance writers are free to publish articles on any topic they would like, in any style they would like. Some writers appreciate this lax approach to publishing while others view the site as unprofessional. Nevertheless, Triond is not a scam but rather a legitimate freelance writing site.