This is a discussion on Associated Content Submission Guidelines! within the Online Jobs forums, part of the General category; Hi everyone! The other day, Admin. was kind enough to tell us about Associated Content. I just finished reading their ...
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| Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 29
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Rep Power: 1 | Hi everyone! The other day, Admin. was kind enough to tell us about Associated Content. I just finished reading their submission guidelines, and took some notes. They're not difficult to follow, just need to make sure to remember them whenever submitting there. Here's the list of notes I took: 1. Make sure the content is original. Meaning: Make sure you have the copyright to it, or... that the byline matches either your name or your penname on the AC account. 2. Make the content at least 400 words in length. 3. Correct grammar, sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, and formatting (I'll post on formatting below) 4. Use a strong headline for submissions. This is kinda like SEO. What would a reader search for to find this? 5. Don't promote yourself too much! No "about the author". 6. Keep the content clean, meaning, no pornography, bad/agressive/disrespectful language, etc. 7. Don't link to sites related to anything where you get paid for reviewing ads, or links, or reading emails, etc. 8. Don't link or promote online gambling sites. 9. Link to your other content! Link to an external site, but only if it's relevant to the content! 10. No links promoting sales of student papers, research, essays, etc. 11. Affiliate links are not allowed. 12. Cite all your sources (link to journal where you read XYZ info, etc.) 13. Include a list of your sources at the end. This is the format to follow: Author/Artist: Page Title: (hyperlinked to exact web address) Site Titile: Now for the formatting: 1) single spaces between paragraphs 2) no indents 3) no bullet points 4) line breaks only at the end of paragraphs 5) all the text has to be left justified 6) font 9-point Arial or use Notepad or Bbedit for word processor 7) limit the bold, italic, and underlined words 8) please... no all capital letters! 9) no line breaks in the interesting/fun facts field 10) remove the byline 11) place the title in the headline field only. I don't think these are too difficult to follow, just small little things here and there to remember. If by any chance anyone has any questions, let me know and I'll try to help. I'm going to write and submit my first article now, so once I get a response, I'll say what they said, and if this should be followed. Thanks a bunch! |
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| Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Delhi Age: 31
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Rep Power: 10 | I am not too sure about the point no-1 You have listed there.. The reason being if I were to buy content for a website I would not only look into the copyright side but also make sure that the content I am going to buy is not already indexed on google or other major search engines as it defeats the sole purpose of buying content and I am sure this associated content is no exception to this... You may have copyrights to xyz content but if youve already posted it somewhere on the net I dont think any webmaster or company would pay to get their hands on that content as that would mean that which ever page they post it on will get duplicate content penelties from search engines and those pages would never rank well on search engines (there are a few exceptions) I am not saying this is 100% the case with associated content... I just shared what my take was on buying or selling content.
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| Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 29
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Rep Power: 1 | Thank you Admin. I am not a webmaster, but I certainly understand your point, and you are definitely right. This is what their submissions guidelines said. I agree with what you mention, and don't know what, or if, they have other more detailed guidelines they follow - maybe while they're reviewing the content, etc. Like I mentioned, I am writing my first article now, and once I receive a reply, I guess I'll learn from that as well. Thank you for your input! It's very helpful! |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007
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Rep Power: 0 | ok here is what I get from associatedcontent.com faq page. Quote:
ok, so I guess posting content is not enough. you also have to gather 2000 - 3000 visitor every day. Now it looks difficult . any idea how do we gather this huge amount of visitor? | ||
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| Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 29
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Rep Power: 1 | Hi... I just posted my first article, but no response from them yet. As far as content and payments, I think they pay you regardless of your visitor number. Little by little, if we advertise our content, people will begin to read it. I think even if you just began, and have... 1, 2, 3, 4, visitors on your page, though, they pay you regardless. |
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| Silver Member | @kinkpop above there has been about 5 ads on your blog page????? I had read in some other post that only three are allowed?? |
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| Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 29
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Rep Power: 1 | Quote:
I'm confused. What do you mean by that? I'm not advertising blog pages. At least not trying to. Those are 2 links to where I administer the pages & content. Is that what you mean? I'm sorry... I'm completely confused. | |
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| Silver Member | My Independent Presse In the above link i saw that there were 5 links under Google Ads.. I thought they were ads placed by Google...Rectify me if i am wrong |
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| Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 29
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Rep Power: 1 | Hi... Yes they are ads via Google. It's their Vertical Wide Skyscraper format. I thought you were asking because It's against their policy. It's not, actually. Adsense allows you 3 text/image units and 3 link units on any page. |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: N/A
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Rep Power: 0 | hushhhh!!! My article has been published on Associated Content ! They took a week to approve its publication. @kinkPOP: First of all, Thanks for all those useful guidelines. ![]() Can you tell me the exact meaning of word "view" ? Do they update "view count" immediately after being viewed by anyone? If a person, who is not a member of Associated Content, views my article, then, 'Does that count get included in "view count" (or Total views) ?' ~Sameer. |
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