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'''Examiner.com''' is a website offering localized news and opinion; it describes itself as "the insider source for everything local".<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Examiner.com |title=About Examiner.com |url=http://www.examiner.com/about_examiner/ |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>
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'''Examiner.com''' is a website offering local news and opinion.  Launched in April 2008, it describes itself as "the insider source for everything local".<ref name="aboutex">{{cite web |publisher=Examiner.com |title=About Examiner.com |url=http://www.examiner.com/about_examiner/ |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>
  
 
The site pays its writers a penny per pageview<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Examiner.com |title=Making money online: A penny for your thoughts...er...views! |author=David Sarokin |url=http://www.examiner.com/x-12803-DC-Internet-Business-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Making-money-online-A-penny-for-your-thoughtserviews |date=2009-06-16 |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>, if that.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Writers Weekly |title=Examiner.com - Just Another Pay-Per-Click Meat Market? |author=Angela Hoy |url=http://www.writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/005351_05062009.html |date=2009-05-06 |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>
 
The site pays its writers a penny per pageview<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Examiner.com |title=Making money online: A penny for your thoughts...er...views! |author=David Sarokin |url=http://www.examiner.com/x-12803-DC-Internet-Business-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Making-money-online-A-penny-for-your-thoughtserviews |date=2009-06-16 |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>, if that.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Writers Weekly |title=Examiner.com - Just Another Pay-Per-Click Meat Market? |author=Angela Hoy |url=http://www.writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/005351_05062009.html |date=2009-05-06 |accessdate=2009-11-03}}</ref>

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Examiner.com is a website offering local news and opinion. Launched in April 2008, it describes itself as "the insider source for everything local".[1]

The site pays its writers a penny per pageview[2], if that.[3]

Writers

Writers for Examiner.com include:

  • Thomas Fuller, former technology commentator, who writes about climate change

Articles and Resources

References

  1. About Examiner.com. Examiner.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-03.
  2. David Sarokin (2009-06-16). Making money online: A penny for your thoughts...er...views!. Examiner.com. Retrieved on 2009-11-03.
  3. Angela Hoy (2009-05-06). Examiner.com - Just Another Pay-Per-Click Meat Market?. Writers Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-11-03.

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