Constant Content

Hello,
I'm new to Constant-Content and I just submitted three articles for approval. I'm just wondering about citation. When you submit an article do they want to see your citations or any kind of research? Or is an author supposed to keep their research in their own records, incase anyone wants to see it? I looked through the writing guidelines and didn't see anything about citation or research. Sorry if I missed it.

Web writing does citations differently from academic writing, more along the lines of journalism. So, you would typically do inline citations, like this:

"According to the Constant-Content forums, inline citations are the preferred method to show supporting research."

Then at the end of the article, you can include the source like this, leaving off the http www stuff:

constant-content.com/forum/posting.php?mode=reply&f=2&t=21153

If you're selling an article for full rights, the purchaser can remove the actual citations at the end if they want to. Depends on the subject; don't over-cite or include citations for common knowledge stuff, because that will turn buyers off. They want to appear to be authorities themselves, so if there are a bunch of citations in the article that might appear to undermine their credibility. Yeah, I know academics cite every little snippet of information, but most web writers pretty much steal ideas from other people who stole ideas from other people.

Of course, never use Wikipedia or About.com or EHow.com or 10,000 other websites as sources--they aren't authoritative. Actual academic research or true experts are good. Do the inline citations to lend authority, include the source at the end, and write with confidence.

Good luck, RandiB! Welcome to the neighborhood.