Associatedcontent.com - The People's Media Company

We are all good at something; everybody knows something to an extent that they can teach it to someone else, and thus comes Associatedcontent.com as a means to get all that personal and hard-to-get-by information. The site presents articles in all media formats: text, video, audios and photos, on all possible areas of interests, hobbies, expertise, know-how and creativity, except for adult content, advertisements and classifieds. Most interestingly, the site allows users to get paid for their submissions, but they are previously screened and accepted by the editorial team. The beauty of Associatedcontent.com is that you can republish things you’ve written before and maybe even published in your own blog, so you can make a double revenue if you are really good at what you do. The site is scrupulous about copyright laws, so in the FAQs area you’ll find thorough information on what you can and can’t do in terms of contents submission. Also, since the site aims to encourage original findings and creations made by people from around the world (there are no notices on language restrictions, but paid articles are only accepted from US citizens or legal residents) of all ages and all level of internet expertise, users will find detailed instructions as how to use to Associatedcontent.com’s publishing suite.

“Associated Content is a platform that enables everyone to publish their content in any format on any topic and then distributes that content to engaged audiences through its website and content partners. Those who contribute to Associated Content's ad-supported collection of original text, video, audio and images gain exposure and often earn cash for their participation.
Since AC was founded by Luke Beatty in 2005, The People's Media Company has grown exponentially. Today, with its vast library of unique multimedia content, diverse community of Content Producers and scalable platform, Associated Content provides consumers, brands and publishers with a wide range of quality content.”

A regular problem with sites like these is that the stuff is so much and so diverse one often gets lost trying to find something interesting; happily, this site is easily tagged and categorized, so once you are familiar with it (couple of minutes worth), all the strange and interesting stuff you are interested in starts appearing all around. Also, since the site encompasses such a large range of topics, it will surely be enjoyed and used up by a huge thankful audience, as the traffic numbers indicate.

Now, the only problem I found in this site is that the text articles present numerous underlined links (4 to 8 in 80-word paragraphs), which make reading a bit tiring, especially when you are looking at technical or long stuff. I am sure the people at Associatedcontent.com can shift at moderately bold lettering as opposed to maddening underlining to ease their craving readers’ eyes… can they?