About.com?

I'm toying with the idea of becoming a member of About.com.
They say that after approximately 17 days of unpaid training, you can make $750 a month, guaranteed. That's if you follow their rules, write well, and post 3 blogs a week and one article every 14 days. Sounds interesting - I wonder what the catch is?
About.com recommends that you be prepared to work like a dog. I can't see that it could be so hard; at least not for a seasoned writer.
Editors will be on you to do rewrites, they'll be criticizing your work, and making suggestions for improvements.
While I can take a little criticism, I sometimes get cranky when someone gets down on my writing style. I also hate to have to type things over, and over, and over again when it isn't necessary. I like to get it right in one fell swoop, but if it takes one more rewrite, it won't kill me.

As you can see, I'm still pondering about this. Something seems shady.
Ye, you can earn more for increased page hits, and it seem the earnings will grow with time if you write about popular and timeless topics.

There's one catch: you must write in a specific category. My favorites are movie and TV reviews, science fiction, and fantasy. The problem? They only want you in one category. There's no call for reviewers in movies and TV, but there is under science fiction and fantasy. They have very little about STOS, which seems hopeful to me. I know all of it.

If you'd like to write for About.com, just go to their website, read about it, and fill out your first submission for approval at:
http://beaguide.about.com/