Associated Content, or AC for short, was created at the time when more and more writers were starting to realize the online earnings potential of mixing great content with ads. At the start of their company, Associated Content was considered to be one of the best paying sites for beginner and professional freelance writers. However, over time a lot of things changed and not necessarily for the best. Associated Content is plague with so many problems, including technical issues and low payment, that many are wondering if AC is turning towards page views only payments. Is Associated Content losing its mojo?

A Little Information About Associated Content

Associated Content is a place where you can earn money by submitting content such as text, video, and audio. They invite people from all over the world to submit content as long as they are 13 yrs old or older. To be eligible for upfront payment freelancers need to be 18 years old or older. Associated Content offers two type of payments:

Upfront Payment – Available only for the US residents. Associated Content claims that payments are between $1-$20. That was true when Associated Content first started, however, nowadays the average is between $1-$10. Even now it’s hard for new writers to get anything above $5.00.

Performance Payment – Available to everyone else including Americans and US residents. This particular payment is based on page views. Freelancers get $1.50 for 1000 page views, or PPM.

Associated Content Technical Issues

Associated Content has a whole lot of technical issues that isn’t widely talked about. Issues such as ads not loading, is really bad for freelancers. If the ads do not show up, Associated Content does not count that page view which means your performance payment will be lower. Another issue is that many writers, at one point, had noticed that all their articles suddenly disappeared for hours. HOURS. Again, lost of page views which met for them an inaccurate amount of performance payment. It also seems that many articles do not index well in Google search engine. A problem many of the writers begged Associated Content to look into.

The Recent Change: No Upfront Payment for News Articles

Associated Content usually pays an average of $4.00 per news article that were submitted. However that is no longer the case. Now, they will not pay for any news article unless they requested it. Personally, I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing. After all, it’s quite silly to see writers from New York give a news report on something that happened in Florida. Many of the news articles are rehashed, rewritten information from major news source. Which makes me wonder about many of the other articles on Associated Content. Looking through AC’s website, I can see that many of the articles there are rewritten, rehashed information. Very little is original. Will Associated Content stop paying for articles in the future?

Is Associated Content Headed for Page Views Only Payment?

Associated Content prides itself on being the “People Media Company” and is trying to become the “Wikipedia” of content. However, the more I read their site, the more I realize there are a whole lot of rehashed information there. Plenty of keyword stuffed articles. I’m curious though. Will Associated Content continue to pay for such articles? Or is the low payments, longer article reviews, and lack of communication an indication that Associated Content is moving towards page view only payments rather than upfront and performance payment?

It is just something we will have to wait and see.

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Associated Content No Longer Pays Upfront for News articles

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