Wanna Get Listed on Google News? Use American Chronicle to Increase Pageviews
Select Associated Content Producers Can Use American Chronicle to Get Listed with Google News, Topix, Lycos and Other News Aggregators
What is American Chronicle?
According to their website listed in the resource section of this piece, American Chronicle is a "family of online magazines...offering writing opportunities with the American Chronicle and 20 additional affiliated online magazines throughout the United States and the world."
What does American Chronicle do?
They syndicate articles across the nation and allow your published articles to "appear in all major Internet search engines as well as in many major news aggregators, such as Google News, Topix, Lycos and other news aggregators."
How do you apply to American Chronicle?
Contact American Chronicle editors at editor@amchron.com to apply to become a regular contributor. Send links to a few of your best Associated Content pieces, and find out in about a week if you're approved.
Does American Chronicle pay money?
No, American Chronicle does not pay its contributors, but the exposure and pageviews gained through news aggregators can be invaluable through American Chronicle, who currently receives over 3.5 million pageviews each year. "Authors retain the copyright of their work and may publish the identical article elsewhere if desired," American Chronicle says on their website.
How does American Chronicle drive pageviews to my Associated Content articles?
To see an example of this in action as of this writing, go to Google News at http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&q= and type "Halle Berry" into the search box. Notice the article titled "Halle Berry's New Music CD Reports May Be an Internet Hoax" with Halle Berry's prominent picture next to it and American Chronicle as its new source.
Currently grouped along with other TMZ articles, the American Chronicle article received a more prominent placement, due in part to the photo submitted with the piece. Click on the "Halle Berry's New Music CD Reports May Be an Internet Hoax" piece and you will find a 300-word minimum opinion piece from this reporter about the Halle Berry music hoax.
At the bottom of the piece is a sentence that reads: "Read more here about the Halle Berry music CD and decide if it's a hoax or not," which, if you click the link, leads directly to an Associated Content news article about the same subject.
So, apply today to American Chronicle and enjoy higher Associated Content pageviews soon!
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17 Comments
Post a CommentI understand American Chronicle articles were removed from google search results last week - including several of mine. Have you any insight as to the reason?
good luck getting approved! i had 5 of my writers apply to become writers for american chronicle, not one of them was contacted. a waste? maybe.
Whoops, the majority of my answer just disappeared. I think I'm going to do a column on this myself (not specifically, but on your name/exposure, etc.) I specifically keep all rights so I can resell it myself. If someone steals it (and that's what this is, no debate on that) and publishes it, I lose my ability to earn a living. A magazine publisher (or other content publisher) won't want my stuff as it is all over the Internet now.
Hi Paula,
Happy New Year. I totally understand why about 85 percent of the people published here would be thrilled. Back when I was in high school and college I wrote for a few newspaper for free "for clips." I could care less if editors discover me. I've published a 4-color magazine myself, and I've been an editor for decades. I went to school for this, paid a hefty tuition bills and have already paid those exposure dues. The first half of my career was writing for national magazines, so my byline and awards are there. I'm not looking for anyone to discover me, and frankly, odds are 99 percent against you that any real editor will pick you up this way. Again, I am that person. So many strong magazine people send queries or even visit in person, that the people contacting you will be low-level people trying to break in themselves. (Been there, too. Sounds okay, but they don't have the authority to make a contract with you.)
The main problem I'm having is that it is 100
Hey Kim - I take a totally different tack on that issue. I find people linking to my stuff all over the web and I don't really care. Most all of them give me attribution and bring me more readers. You've gotta realize that any exposure to your writing and byline is great exposure because you never know what editor is reading it. Plus, if you've monetized your blog and the exposure drives traffic back to your blog, you're making money off the so-called "free" exposure. I don't understand writers who waste their energy fighting this when they could be writing instead! The only stuff I take issue with is when folks use my byline to link to porn and immoral stuff -- but I admit I don't waste a lot of time tracking down how to get it off of there. If I find a way, I'll let you know. Other than that, I trust God to take them down, as He surely will, either in this cyberworld or in the after-cyberworld!
Hi. I'm hoping you can help me here. (Please email me directly, if you can.) I do a search on my name every so often. I've been making a living of writing since graduating college in 1982. If people here want to get more "exposure" and not get paid for it, that's swell. I just found my stuff on 3 different Google related sites that I did not give permission to. I get paid to write. I don't need exposure as I've had plenty. The only people who need to be publishing my work for free are nonprofits or community groups who ask my permission. I always give it to them.
Can you give me an idea of how to get it across to these people that I'm not good with them stealing my stuff without my permission.
Sorry if this sounds testy. I also just found another blogger who posted my article with my byline in their blog. She's making money of my writing.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Great information Paula, thanks so much for sharing and keeping up to date on these developments.
Terrific information Paula!
Paula, once again, great information! Thanks and happy holidays :)
Paula, I may have done this backwards. I've been a regular contributing author at American Chronicle for a couple of years now. They are everything you say they are and I've recognized a couple of names since coming to AC last month that write for AmChron too. Here's the list of things I've done there: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewByAuthor.asp?authorID=253
The Editors there are always quick to respond to any concerns the author has. The only bad thing is no pay, but the placement in Google News and other Search Engines and exposure is top notch. They are a little more selective of who they accept though, from what I understand.