Be a Guide

Are you ready to become an online leader of a community of people who share your interests? Apply to become an About Guide!

About Guides are fully empowered to do all of these things. Each Guide's mission is to create an easy, intuitive and gratifying experience for people interested in their topic.

Each Guide is carefully screened and trained by About. All Guides must successfully complete the About training program and maintain our high standards in user services and community leadership. Guides write original informative articles, provide the Web's best links for their topics, and give their readers what they need to know. This relationship between Guides and users makes About a dynamic service that truly responds to the needs of anyone who visits.

We ask our Guides to be opinion leaders, sharing your perspective and insight into the topic. What do your users need to know? How can you help them avoid the pitfalls of researching information and purchasing products online?

Our Guides are real people - just like you. They include professionals, educators, students and stay-at-home moms. Our Guides are as diverse as the sites we offer. We believe that one of the key components of our success is the fact that each Guide is a person, as well as an online expert. See for yourself -- every site has a photo of the Guide and a bio.

As diverse as they are, Guides do share a few characteristics:

• A true knowledge of and a passion for their topic
• Commitment to creating informative, "what you need to know" features
• A dedication to building and updating a comprehensive links directory
• The ability to bring their site to life
• Strong writing and editing skills
• Basic HTML skills
• A desire to ensure that About remains the best network on the Internet

Do you have what it takes to be a Guide? Don't wait! Apply here.