However, to me, it has always seemed like a missed opportunity that readers who find your post through Google or other external traffic sources do not count for payment purposes. You can see below that I have one post that has received nearly 5000 visitors through Google, but they earned me nothing!

But now, Medium has changed the rules! They are making several changes over the next 6 months, and the first one rewards stories that are shared on social media, attract search traffic, and/or are shared directly with people outside of Medium. The change shifts 5% of the payouts toward stories that get this external traffic and especially to external traffic that converts to members.

Remember, Medium has a very high domain authority, and posts are often ranked highly on Google. You can write about any of your interests; it doesn't have to be your niche.

I was 'thinking': people never read about dollhouses on Medium, it's not worth spending my time on, djees Lizzy , get to it again haahahahaha!

I think Medium may have flagged my account again. This is the account I had reinstated after the spam suspension so maybe I was on a watch list or something.

It's more subtle this time though. I stumbled across the issue when checking if my recent article was indexed by searching the exact URL in Google. The screenshot shows the result.

So Medium is using a meta tag to prevent Google from reading the page content but not actually hiding the URL. Google knows the URL exists but cannot read the content and that presumably means rankings are never going to materialise.

Some Googling tells me the robots/nosnippet tag is what causes this to happen but the source code of the page only has this robots tag:

<meta data-rh="true" name="robots" content="index,noarchive,follow,max-image-preview:large"/>

... which suggests the page should be readable but not cacheable? The Medium robots.txt file doesn't seem to be causing it so I'm a bit flummoxed!

It's only just started happening though because my July articles do not suffer this affliction and a couple are ranking really well. Even got a featured snippet on one of them. I'm going to persevere for a bit and see if the articles come good after a period of time ... otherwise I think it's curtains for that account!

Anyone else seeing this?

There are still some notable exceptions, such as Iceland, so perhaps Johann will be disappointed by this news.

But Alex in Thailand will now be eligible!

However, you do need to be aware that Stripe is their only payment option, so if you cannot (or don't want to) use this, there is no point in applying to join. 

A minimum payout has also been introduced at $10 per month, but reaching this figure is not difficult. 

Don't forget my course on earning money through Medium is still available, and half price if you have previously purchased Partha's parasite course. 

https://digitalmatrixcafe.com/community/all-other-business-and-marketing/new-course-launching-tomorrow/#post-2001275

      I have tried a few times to import an article from my website to Medium and once or twice it has worked but other times it fails and i get the error below.

Does anyone know what the cause it please?

Cheers

Pete

However, this particular account was set up only a couple of weeks ago specifically to promote products from the likes of ClickBank, Digistore24, and Sell Health.

It had numerous posts, not all of them product-based, there were informational posts too, so as not to look spammy.

There was no problem until yesterday when I wrote a product review on Provestra, which is a women's sexual health supplement, promoted through Sell Health. 

And this morning when I logged in - BOOM! 

The dreaded red banner informing me I was in violation of their policies!

I can only assume it was the Provestra review, and when I search Medium, there are only about 3 posts that mention this product, and they don't have affiliate links, they link back to posts on a website.

So, just be careful with the products you promote on Medium, and always search the platform first to ensure that they appear to be allowing these particular reviews. 

Don't take this to mean that you shouldn't follow Partha's Parasite SEO course, in fact, it's quite the opposite!

If you look at Rohan's screenshot below, my review reached position 22 in less than 24 hours.

I would have let it do its own thing for a week or so, and then if it still had a reasonable ranking, purchased one of Partha's backlink packages.

Bearing in mind, that the commission is 40%, up to $90 per sale, I would hope to be in profit!

If you search on Medium, for other well-known Clickbank products such as Java Burn or Liv Pure or ProDentim, there are lots of posts, so clearly there is no problem overall with doing this.

And yes, I will simply start again with another account! 

Any thoughts would be welcomed. Thanks!

https://digitalmatrixcafe.com/community/recommended-tools/who-here-just-wants-to-earn-some-money/#post-656

Essentially, quick wins to earn some money, that you could potentially invest in your "dead" website and bring it back to life!

I have written other posts about how you can use Medium in two ways - to attract traffic to your site or to make some money by writing.

Or, combine the two!

Sorry, @Yusuf, I know your country is not an option for earning from Medium 😥  

(Oops, I used an emoji, won't happen again, lol.)

I joined the Medium Partner Program 4 months ago, and have earned about $200 so far.

Obviously, it's not a huge amount, but hands up, who has not earned $200 yet from their website?

Trying to attract readers on Medium can be somewhat difficult, but one way to speed things up is to join a Publication.

Publications are "sub-groups" on Medium, and currently, there are over 4,500 covering 30,000 topics.

A publication can have thousands of followers and millions of readers.

So, if your story is accepted, there is a huge potential to be seen.

Of course, it works the other way too, that your story is buried under the multitude of posts that they publish.

The Editors of the top publications also have the option of submitting your story to be Boosted, and your earnings can skyrocket if this happens.

They all have their own rules, so if you are interested in joining a publication, look for where it says - Authors, Join Us, Write for Us, Be a Writer, Submission Guidelines, etc., and read their terms carefully.

As a minimum, they will all broadly follow the Medium rules - no written AI content, always caption your image with the source, and surprisingly, most of them only accept drafts that have not yet been published.

You can see some of my earnings below, and of these 5 stories, 4 of them were added to a publication.

I hope this helps, happy to answer any questions, and if you need any help with Medium, let's talk!

I can write content for you, or rewrite and condense posts from your website, so they can attract traffic.

So 7 articles in total so far.

My plan is to publish all my existing website content on Medium ... 

Then the thought occurred to me, if 99% of my Medium is canonical from my website might that be a red flag for parasite SEO?

What are your thoughts on canonical vs unique content ratios on Medium to keep it looking natural?