Yahoo Introduces New Contributor Network

By Demand Studios Review Editorial

Posted On 11/15/10:

Ever since Yahoo purchased Associated Content six months ago, people have speculated on what it might become. The answer may have just arrived, in the form of the Yahoo Contributor Network.

Unfortunately, the answer isn't particularly innovative or exciting for writers hoping there'd be a big shake up and an increase in rates.

Yahoo has added a dashboard, which looks much like Seed and Demand Studio's dashboards, where writers can claim articles. Some of them pay revenue share, while others have flat upfront payments. It appears as if you'll be competing with other writers if you take those pieces, but that remains to be seen for sure.

 Some of the articles pay better than the usual two or three bucks per 400 word article that made Associated Content so worthless. Now you can at least find a few articles offering ten or fifteen bucks for a 350 word article. That's no great prize either, though, especially when you may be competing.

You can still write about whatever you like and submit it, now for revenue share instead of a small flat payment. That seems to be one of the few positives of the introduction of the Yahoo Contributor Network.

It also helps separate it from Demand Media Studios, which only lets you pitch how to article ideas, which may or may not be accepted, and AOL Seed, which doesn't let you come up with your own ideas at all.

That said, there are other revenue share websites where you can write whatever you want, like Bukisa and HubPages.

Veteran Associated Content writers will at least appreciate that they will now be eligible to receive ad share performance payments for pre-existing articles they've already written and published.

If you'd like to give the Yahoo Contributor Network a shot, you can register here.

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