Comments on: Is AssociatedContent.com (Associated Content/AC) A Scam?

By: JJP

JJP — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:55:00 +0000

The site is a scam as they manipulate product to avoid paying. They are also dishonest in allowing you to submit an article under one specific plan for pay and then unilaterally change that weeks later again when they see they have to pay out. There are better sites. Associated Content now known as Yahoo Voices is a site well known for poorly written and conceived content. There are better places.

By: Gail

Gail — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:38:00 +0000

Rather than go all through their website trying to sort this out, I guess you must mean that they only wish writers who reside in the USA and not anyone from Canada. So, I guess that is end of story for the moment. Thanks for that comment, LT; otherwise, I would still be going around in circles on their site, only to find out it was a no-go for me. I quite agree that the IRS response is a bit much, as there are affiliate sites who will pay international affiliates by using special forms that the international affiliate must complete. This does not seem to be so difficult for most of those so I am not sure why it is a problem for a lot of these writing websites.

By: Eddy Salomon

Eddy Salomon — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:30:00 +0000

Look time no hear from. Glad to hear from you. Forgive me, I’m Not really sure what you mean about the whole barnacle on the bottom of the boat analogy. I’m not that bright to figure it out. lol

But glad to hear you’re still out there kicking.

By: Eddy Salomon

Eddy Salomon — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:19:00 +0000

I agree with you about people running around the web labelling something a scam because they have been rejected or don’t agree with a policy. That’s why I always take scam reports with a grain of salt and always dig deeper to see if I can spot a pattern of similar complaints.

Thanks for chiming in.

By: LT

LT — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0000

It is a pity that it doesn’t pay international writers, and it is a bit bogus to say it’s to do with the IRS. As we’re all freelancers, we can be paid by anyone; AC doesn’t have to declare our taxable income.

Alas, the lack of pay means I’ve just wasted a couple of hours reading though all the tips and advice it gives about submissions. However, at least I read them and eventually discovered that it doesn’t pay its international workers. It’s missing out on potentially great content–after all, who better to write about a place than someone who lives in that place?

As it’s owned by Yahoo!, I doubt very much it’s a scam. You’ve got a nicely written and informative article here. I’ve found a lot of people only cry scam when they’ve been rejected for something.

Back to CloudCrowd and Demand, I guess!

By: Eddy Salomon

Eddy Salomon — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:56:00 +0000

I don’t know if it’s the best one. But I’m glad you appreciated it. lol

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:49:00 +0000

Best Article Ive found on the Internet. Keep up the good work.

By: Eddy Salomon

Eddy Salomon — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:17:00 +0000

And this is why I have my own blog. You take the time to add value to one of these sites and they pull stuff like this. Maybe there is another side to the story. But again these internet companies won’t even give you a chance to discover what you did wrong or have a conversation with you.

I feel for you. Take it as a lesson learned and focus on creating your own site where you call the shots.

By: Akiya

Akiya — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:12:00 +0000

I went to login today to my associatedcontent account that I’ve only had for about 2 weeks, and found that they banned it due to a violation in the terms of contract. I find this odd, because I have yet to even submit an article for approval. The first thing I did was copy-paste my article that was completely my own material from word into their template. Next, I went to their photo sites that they recommend/require you use when uploading photos to your article. I uploaded one of the photos that did not require permission to download/use (per statement of the original photo taker), but found that it did not suit my article, and then ended up taking my own photo with my camera. I then uploaded my original photo but had problems cropping it to size to fit the autocropping job that associated content did on my page preview. I sent them a message asking how I could fix the photo so that it would appear properly on the actual page. After anxiously waiting for 1 week for a reply so that I could finally submit my FIRST article for review, I try to login today and find that I have been banned. This makes no sense to me, as I have not published anything yet, nor have I even submitted something for review. The photos I used consisted of my own work and the work of a photographer who did not require permission to use her work(I also gave credit to the photographer in the exact same way they tell you to in their help section), and who I also found on the list of associated content’s approved sites. Lastly, the article that I wrote was entirely my own work, which I had not even submitted for approval for publishing. Sorry for the lengthy post, but does anyone have any experience related to this?

By: Eddy Salomon

Eddy Salomon — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:47:00 +0000

You did lift a finger to write the articles so let’s keep that in mind. You don’t want to give people the impression that the $100 per month you’re making happens because you wished for it. That being said yes after you’ve initially written an article that is SEO optimized it can continue to make you money on auto pilot for many months or years to come provided it’s not something super competitive.

I know this is the case for articles I’ve written on this blog.