RichContent FAQs

RichContent Basics

Implementation & Widget Basics

Content

What is RichContent?

RichContent is a quick and easy way to add high quality, relevant content to any website. RichContent utilizes a widget for ease of use, which then presents your visitors with related articles, blog posts and videos from leading sources. When a user clicks on a related headline link, an overlay page is generated where the full article, blog post or video can be viewed.

What is a RichContent widget?

A RichContent widget is a portable piece of code that can be placed on your website to display RichContent related articles and videos. Widgets can be used for displaying related links, full articles and videos. You will be able to access the code to apply to your site through the RichContent Control Panel.

Related Content widget
The Related Content Widget reads the existing content on your page and shows visitors links to similar or related articles, videos, and topics. Visitors click on a related article or video headline to view a full article about that topic in an overlay window.

Landing Page widget
Our Landing Page Widget is an optional step in the set-up for users who want more control over the full article page look and feel. When one of your site visitors clicks on any related article or video title, or clicks on a "related tag" link, the Landing Page Widget displays the full content, whether that's an article, a video, or a topic page.

I am not a programmer, can I add RichContent myself?

Yes! You don't have to understand any kind of programming to use our widgets; you simply paste code that we give you into your page.

RichContent widgets will work on nearly all web pages, blogging software, and other publishing systems, as long as you are allowed to use JavaScript in an editable area of your site.

Is RichContent SEO friendly?

The service will have no SEO impact as search engines ignore JavaScript/widget code. We do plan on launching a SEO friendly service as part of a future release.

Who should use RichContent?

Any website owner should use RichContent!!! It’s a revolutionary way to add new content to your site making it more interesting, fresh and relevant for your visitors. As a result, users will spend more time, view more pages and come back more often.

Who is allowed to use RichContent?

Please visit our Publisher Terms of Use page for the details about who may use the service. Some stipulations are that sites must not contain spam, adult content, or hate speech.

As low as $8.33/mo

How do I add the RichContent widget to my site?

It’s so easy that your site will be up and running in minutes. You merely click on the ‘Set up’ tab to start the wizard. In one easy step you’ll be showing RichContent on your site.

Where on my site should I place the RichContent widgets?

The Related Content widget is the 'front door' widget to RichContent and works best in a sidebar that appears across your entire site or located beneath all of your own articles.

Full articles and videos then will appear in an overlay box. As an advanced feature, the Related Content widget can link to a Landing Page Widget to display related full articles and videos if greater control over the look and feel of the page is desired.

With what blogging or publishing systems will RichContent work?

RichContent widgets are enabled using JavaScript and work on any publishing system that supports JavaScript code in the rendered HTML. This includes WordPress, Blogger, Drupal, Joomla, Ning and many others.

How do I customize a widget?

Each widget has options you can set for things like the number of headlines to display or which widget functions to turn on. These are easily set when you retrieve your widget code. Please see the FAQs within the RichContent Control panel for more information.

Can I tweak the layout and CSS of my widgets?

Our widgets are designed to inherit the look of your own pages; however, as every site uses different CSS conventions, results may vary. Please see the FAQs within the RichContent Control panel for more information. The full article display page will appear in a generic ‘overlay box’ unless you create a new page on your site for the Landing page widget code.

Where does the content - articles, blog posts, and videos - come from?

RichContent displays articles, blogs, and videos from a selection of an extensive and growing library of professional sources. Sources include Demand Studios, leading websites such as eHow, Blogburst and their millions of top blogs, and premium brands such as the Encyclopedia Britannica and IAC. Over 3,000 of new pieces of content are added to the library every day, covering more than 300 categories including autos, business, entertainment, finance, food, health, sports, and travel.

Where should I put the widget for the best related matches?

The RichContent widget works best with larger bodies of content from which to draw related results. Try to make sure that the related content widget is placed on a page that has a substantial amount of content to crawl.

You can use RichContent on a page with less content by pointing the widget at keywords or other pages for contextualization. You can also place the widget on multiple pages, wherever you want the Related Content article links.