In case you haven’t heard, AOL recently launched its own online publishing platform in late 2009, called SEED.com. The setup will be familiar to some writers: like Demand Studios, you can search for titles, claim them, and submit it through their online submission form. Unlike Demand Studios, however, SEED demands good, journalistic writing, and rejects here are high–if you’re not willing to adapt to its ‘writing style’, that is.
Review of SEED.com: What to Expect
SEED.com is an online publishing platform that allows any writer to claim a title, write …

Ah, the ever reliable auto-post.  Long gone are the days when you had to manually copy your article’s URL, convert it into a tinyURL and then post it into your Twitter status update.  Associated Content now allows you to link your Twitter or Facebook account (or if you’re feeling eager, both) to your Associated Content profile, which automatically updates the Twitter or Facebook feed when a new article is published.
This is how the auto-post will appear on your Twitter or Facebook feed:

And here’s how to set up Associated Content’s autoposting …

The first edition of “The Write Career” introduces Vonda Sines, a two year writing veteran who previously worked in the federal service.  Her retirement—and interest in Kentucky Derby sensation Barbaro—inspired her to start her online freelance writing career.
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Freelance writing was not Vonda Sines’ first priority.  ”Although I was formally trained to write, it always ended up way down the to-do list because of full-time job commitments,” says Sines. “Now it pays the electric and gas bills.”
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Sines began her online writing career on the website AssociatedContent.com, inspired by the story of …

About.com is a content website featuring thousands of articles on nearly any topic, ranging from serious topics such as sexuality to the less serious, such as online freebies.  Each writer provides content about his or her topic, much like Examiner.com—the big difference here is a higher quality standard and substantially better pay.
About.com Review: How it Works
Writers can apply for About.com topic positions through their online application, where they must provide a resume, previous relevant experience, and links to any previous work.  They may also need to provide a writing sample.
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If you know how to SEO, have a handful of good “web-friendly” articles, and have some expertise in some topic, there’s another website where you can speak your mind and get paid for it.  Examiner.com is a UGC website that runs solely on the submissions provided by “examiners”, writers with experience writing good web copy and expertise in a certain category.  Each examiner is assigned to a city and provides information about topics relevant to their expertise area (i.e.; a Minneapolis Travel Examiner would provide information about parks, restaurants, and …

DailyArticle.com allows writers to sell their articles for a set price, like Constant-Content, and wait for it to be bought by a customer.  Once bought, the writer receives a portion of the sale price (the going rate is currently 80%).
In many ways DailyArticle.com is the less sophisticated cousin of Constant-Content because their quality standards are much lower, which can be advantageous to inexperienced writers who do not currently meet Constant-Content’s standards.
DailyArticle.com: How it Works
To submit an article, writers access their writer’s panel, where they can upload a text file of …

eHow is a UGC website where anyone can publish articles about how to do something (hence the name eHow).  Each article lists a step-by-step process, materials needed to complete the objective, and additional information.  eHow is an extremely popular website with novice writers because they are not bound by strict writing criteria.
eHow writers earn money when a person clicks on an advertisement in their article, earning them a handful of cents with each successful click.  The biggest advantage is that you don’t need to gain thousands of page views to …

Factoidz is a UGC website that pays writers based on how many page views they accumulate, similar in structure to Mahalo.  They pay between $1.00 to $5.00 per 1000 page views for each article.
The pay rate for each article is determined by their editorial staff, and they shell out bigger payments for well researched content.
Factoidz is a fairly new website, and it’s hard to say how popular this website will become.  Writers who have used Factoidz say they are making decent money, and I really think it’s worth at least …

Bukisa
Bukisa (bukisa.com) is a UGC website that pays contributors for the page views they accumulate from their articles.  Most UGC models follow the same format payment-wise, but the biggest difference with Bukisa is they don’t pay pennies for these page views.  They pay over twice as much as Associated Content, which is a huge advantage for people looking for another website to earn residual payments.
Basics
Bukisa is less strict about what or what cannot be published on their website.  They do not allow promotional material (people who want to promote are …

Associated Content (associatedcontent.com) is a UGC site, meaning its users generate all of its content.  Anyone over the age of 18 can earn small residual and upfront payments for writing well-focused, informational articles about nearly all subjects.  The ability to freely submit content for payment is a major advantage, but the low payments tend to detract serious freelance writers.
History
Associated Content was founded in 2005 by Luke Beatty, who wanted to create a website that specialized in “user level content”.  He wanted to offer a different form of information that wasn’t …