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Friday, October 25, 2013

The Many Reasons Not to Write for the Yahoo! Contributor Site


Yahoo! supposedly loves receiving freelance articles covering opinions of other sites, products, and, well, just about anything.  When I submitted an opinion piece on writing for Yahoo!; however, my piece was immediately rejected.  I found this somewhat amusing because they read and rejected my writing in less than three days.  Every other piece I ever submitted to them took almost two weeks to hear anything back.

Take a look below at the opinion piece they rejected of mine, and keep to heart what it is saying.  If you're a freelance writer looking for work, try out Textbroker, Writer Access, or even try getting some private clients, and as stated below, ABSOLUTELY avoid Yahoo!.


Yahoo! Contributor Network is Not Worth Writing For


First of all, the editors are obviously not up-to-par with grammar and spelling, as there are always an abundance of mistakes and errors that can be found in the articles that they publish on Yahoo!.

Secondly, as a professional paid writer, when not one article is accepted for upfront payment by Yahoo! and you have had thousands of other articles accepted by thousands of clients, you get the feeling that Yahoo! can't spot high-quality content when it's right in front of its face.

Furthermore, the review process takes WAY TOO LONG. Even if you write an article that is about one of today's trending topics, by the time it is reviewed, the trendiness is usually gone.

Lastly, the pay is horrible! An upfront payment of $4.00 for a 500-word article just doesn't suffice for the amount of time that it takes to type 500 words. On average, at least a payment of $15.00 to $250.00 for a 500-word article needs to be acquired.

All in all, I will not recommend the Yahoo! Contributor Site to anyone!