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I am a little late in posting this report, I am afraid. However the figures are still of interest as November was the first full month when the effects of Google’s penalties for paid links in blog posts really took effect. More than half the blogs where I have been writing sponsored posts have seen their page ranks fall to 0. Initially the October Page Rank update (using the Google algorithm) took them all to Page Rank 3 or 4, but within 48 hours those Page Ranks had fallen back after a manual trawl through any site linked with the ubiquitous PayPerPost. Their required Javascript code and required disclosure statement are easily targeted by anyone wanting to pick out sites that have been paid to blog by Payperpost. And once my Page Ranks fell the opportunities from PayperPost dried up as well.

My paid blog earnings for October were already reduced as the new Page Rank affected earnings for the last six days of the month. November earnings overall were down by 35 per cent against the figures for September. The sums for Payperpost were only 30 per cent of the amount I earned form that site in September. Fortunately some sites continue to offer paid blogging opportunities in spite of the page rank changes and I have listed the top paying sites here.

If you want to find out more information about the way that paid to blog sites work in general, you can read my review of how to start getting Paid to Blog here.

1 PayU2Blog
In November this was far and away the highest paying paid to post site, generating more than double the amount that any of the other companies paid for blog posts. The opportunities at PayU2Blog offer $5 mostly, for a short blog post of just sixty words. The posts are approved automatically, and around ten per cent of the opps are for longer posts, paying up to $15. The good thing at this site is that they pay out twice a month - often earlier than advertised. As I have mentioned before, the opportunities are loaded into your control panel showing the dates when they are due. This means bloggers can plan their workload accordingly.

2. Smorty
Smorty was the next best highest paying site in November. They send email alerts when a new paying blog campaign is available and these pay various sums from $6 to $22 per post. Approval takes a few days and you can only accept one opportunity at a time so if there are more paid opps available you need to write the first one up speedily in order to accept another.

3. Blogitive
Blogitive came good again in November after a couple of quiet months. To get paid posting assignments you need to log in to your control panel and available opportunities will be shown. Once you accept them the time limit is 48 hours, and each post of 100 words pays $5. As long as the link is included there is usually no problem with approval and payment is made monthly.

4. Blogsvertise
Earnings at Blogsvertise were a little lower for me this month, but the individual opportunities are paying slightly higher amounts.

5. Izea
I think I have said it all in the introduction. The available paid opps for my sites with Page Rank 0 never pay more than $5. The admin require a non sponsored post before and after their opportunity, so in fact the blogger needs to write three blog posts to earn $5. I am also concerned about being linked with the site on my higher ranked sites as I do not want their page rank to be damaged. So I am choosing very few opps from Izea now.

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