Comments on: Yahoo Buys Associated Content – Gold Discovered in Article Landfill

By: Splork

Splork — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:51:03 +0000

Yea I bloviated about it but never did much with it. I still prefer to simply use EA, AMA and MAS (not that it matters) for article distribution. I prefer to spend my time building Tumblr logs and Blogger blogs and link those up to Lenses and Hubpages and then further link up to money pages. That’s about all I do these days. I don’t have much use for AC at this point. Too much effort. Very little gain.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:50:42 +0000

This is an interesting development. I read about it on AC’s homepage. It is interesting how yahoo (and AOL as well) is moving to a content model or at least wants to gain more eyeballs to content it now owns. I guess they’re giving up on search, realizing they can’t win that battle.

I’ve had mixed experiences with AC, but I would say that if you are a prolific writer and know how to do keyword research and how to pepper your articles with the right keywords, give AC a shot. You earn money up front and per 1000 views. It doesn’t add up to a lot of money, but it might be worth it if you have your own websites and build relevant links to them.

AC’s links are no-follow, but still you can get some good targeted traffic to your own website’s pages, if you’re interested in doing that.

By: room darkening blinds

room darkening blinds — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:16:43 +0000

Do we have any confirmation whether AC is follow or no follow? I am inferring that they are follow if you do not accept up front payment, but not clear. Can someone help? Thanks.

By: Splork

Splork — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:56:51 +0000

Yea, it may not work for some. I haven’t decided how or if to use it. And I wouldn’t be remotely interested in it if Yahoo didn’t purchase it. But I wouldn’t be using it for links much. I think I’d go for some sporadic cash. I’m working on some other things anyway.

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:09:16 +0000

Well I gave AC a try and to hell with them. I wrote an original 400 word article for their use only and linked back to my website. I don’t care about the money, I want the links. This is the response I got:

Thank you for your submission. We cannot publish this content because it contains affiliate marketing links (or because it is related to, about or contains links to websites with content related to programs offering incentives to click links or ads, read emails, or surf other websites). Please be sure your content always complies with our Submission Guidelines.

By: Splork

Splork — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:55:16 +0000

It’s boosted some pages in Google and as a result the traffic has improved. But people don’t follow the links on the articles in the directories.

By: Quaritch

Quaritch — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:42:22 +0000

Splork, I know it’s been a little bit since you have posted about it, but have you seen any good results traffic wise from using Magic Article Rewriter and Magic Article Submitter yet?

By: Manon Monsall

Manon Monsall — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:19:29 +0000

I never used AC before but will open an account. The Yahoo! acquisition is a good thing. I absolutely agree with you.