Almost 4 months posting columns on Expertscolumn, and loving it, what with my satisfaction with traffic and earnings, I don't know if there were previous, or past history, of clamour about the possibility of dazzling our readers by an added feature, like an instrumental accompaniment to a song.
Such as an image to highlight the texts, in particular, and the column, as a whole, instead of a mere link to that image outside of the domain? And videos' too, to make the whole column spectacular to the audience.
Wikinut and Triond are well equipped enticingly for authors "to paint their articles with images and videos, " sans the secret success, of course, of Expertscolumn, which they know or choose to be blind to, yet they succeed in sight and sound hand in hand with texts. Minus the earnings department, unfortunately, in contast to Expertscolumn's.
Conversely, though successful, EC pales in comparison. A picture, so the Chinese proverb goes, paints a thousand words. Pictures, both still and moving, entices stimulus reactions from the readers, tickles the imagination, and therefore enhances a column which otherwise are read or seen only in words, despite the metaphors in poetry.
imagine the convergence of everything there is, of the image and video features of Wikinut and Triond, incorporated into Expertscolumn, which will produce a spectacle of synergy, indeed.
We are thankul to the administrator, Nik, for the addition of the "Save as Draft" button lately even while he plans to relinquish control of Expertscolumn to to whomever will be the winning bidder with regard to the auction sale of the site. Much appreciated!
Why not go the extra mile, however, to also include incorporating into the our "Write a Column" page the much sought after "Uploading Images" button and the " Embedding Videos" button to the whole caboodle NOW and let the the incoming owner worry about that later.:)
Needless to say, these addtional buttons and features, apart from enhancing Expertscolumn and thereby increasing traffic, will be part of your amazing legacies, our dear Nik, to the writers you will leave behind, orphaned.
But there's still time to change your mind, Nik, about the sale. Why not let your son or daughter manage it?

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pictures and videos would be nice but then there is so much of visual distraction already, that I wonder..
I don't think so avi. Images are stimuli to which we all react or respond in a dramatic way. A conflict we see in real life situations get us curious, doesn't it? Much the same thing when we see pictures of real life.
Some articles such as recipes, travel articles and reviews would all benefit from pictures. Being able to add pictures to other articles would add more colour to the site too.
True. That makes uploading pics on recipes all the more justified.
Wish too for these features dude Buzz. I liked your suggestion to Niks on the last part of this article. Thanks.
Thanks, too, dude. I hope it won't be long before we can finally have pics and vids in our columns.:)
And in the meantime it gives us something to write about!
I'd love to see pictures being added to columns on the site. Also - you haven't been uploading as many articles as you used to! Been busy?
Oh but I post at least one article daily, sometimes two in one sitting. The drive to attract as much traffic as I used to still remains by self-promotion when I'm not writing.
I agree. Expertscolumn could use the picture feature.
We live in a very visual society now, that can be taken in accord.
Thanks, Tanna. I hope our concern will be noted, finally. Take care.
I'd second the suggestion of being able to add pictures. For some types of article they are almost essential.
I hastened to add this column before Nik leaves. I hope he takes note. Thanks, Bruce.