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How KCB Mpesa Fixed Savings Account Work

Can you set aside your money for at least a year? Opening a KCB M-Pesa fixed-term savings account might be right for you to save money and take advantage of some of the best interest rates available, which are guaranteed, meaning you’ll know how much interest you will earn over the given time your money sleeps there safely.

KCB Mpesa is provided by KCB Bank Kenya Ltd to Safaricom M-PESA customers and its fixed savings account entails saving your initial deposit for a fixed period without making withdrawals and earning a fixed rate of 6.3% p.a over that time.

With a minimum deposit of Ksh500, Safaricom customers can open KCB Mpesa fixed savings account directly from their phones without going to the bank as after making the deposit, they can choose the length of their term from 1-12 months, the time in which their money will remain locked away while earning a fixed rate.

KCB Mpesa fixed savings account secures your money in a savings account for a set time, and the interest accrued is paid directly into your account at the end of the term. You just need to pay in a lump sum and leave it until your term ends because it does not allow regular deposits.

If you want to withdraw your savings early before the duration of the term ends, you have to forfeit the interest it earned during the time it remained locked, but there is flexibility because these withdrawals are instant to Mpesa.

Savers who wouldn’t want to give up interest after saving their money on a KCB Mpesa fixed savings account should opt for target savings, which also pays interest rates of over 6% p.a. It accepts an initial deposit amount of Ksh500 to open an account just like the fixed savings one but allows minimum contributions of Ksh50 thereafter.

However, when you want to access your savings, you’ll have to wait 1 or 2 days, and you cannot break the bank any day you make a deposit to the account.

The advantage of the two accounts is that the more you save, the higher your chances of getting a loan limit, which ranges from Ksh100 to Ksh1 million depending on how often you save and discipline and how you use Safaricom services like voice and data.

You must be a Safaricom Mpesa subscriber for at least six months before you can open a KCB Mpesa account. To open one, go to your SIM toolkit, select Loans and Savings, KCB Mpesa, and then activate.

READ: Instant KCB Bank to Mpesa Charges 2024

The New Prices for GOtv Packages From Next Month – 2024

GOtv Kenya has confirmed it is raising the price of some of its subscription plans from next month, April 1, 2024.

The MultiChoice-owned pay television terrestrial service provider said the prices of all its six packages would rise except for GOtv Plus with 45+ channels, whose Ksh999/month subscription fee will be maintained.

GOtv Lite package would rise from Ksh199 per month to Ksh220, GOtv Value would rise from Ksh649 a month to Ksh669, GOtv Max subscription price will jump from Ksh1,449 per month to Ksh1,499, the new GOtv Supa subscription costs is Ksh1,999 and lastly, GOtv Supa+ its most expensive package would cost Ksh3,700 monthly up from Ksh3,500 from Easter Monday through the year.

How much is GOtv a month 2024 Kenya?

Well, as said, GOtv is raising prices from next month. Check out and compare the old and new prices now in this simplified table;

No. Packages Old prices New prices
1. GOtv Lite Ksh199 per month Ksh220 per month
2. GOtv Value Ksh649 per month Ksh669 per month
3. GOtv Plus Ksh999 per month Ksh999 per month
4. GOtv Max Ksh1,449 per month Ksh1,499 per month
5. GOtv Supa Ksh1,899 per month Ksh1,999 per month
6. GOtv Supa+ Ksh3,500 per month Ksh3,700 per month

Despite the increase in monthly subscription fees, the number of TV channels across GOtv’s offerings remains the same: GOtv Lite has over 20 channels, GOtv Value has 35+, GOtv Plus 45+, GOtv Max has 60+, the Supa package has over 70, and lastly, GOtv Supa+ has channels exceeding 75+.

Can You Hide Last Seen on IG?

If you use Instagram regularly, chances are you have seen the green dot next to a person’s profile picture on Instagram Direct Messenger, where you were video chatting and probably exchanging direct messages, or in short, called DMs.

If you see this green dot, it lets you know they are active, and when this timestamp is not there, it shows the hours they were online on the free photo and video-sharing social networking app.

But as you see their active status and last seen on IG (Instagram), they probably are seeing yours too, but maybe, this time, you are pissed off with that function and cry to maintain your privacy by turning it off. For most people, it is because they do not want those they were chatting with to bother them for being online and failing to give them timely replies. The conversation might have been boring, dead already, or… there are many reasons.

Though Instagram makes your Activity Status visible to people you follow and anyone you message by default, you can easily change it. Here’s how:

How to easily hide your active status on Instagram

Here is a quick guide to hiding last seen on Instagram for Android and iPhone users using the official Instagram app because the steps are similar;

1. Open the Instagram application where your account is logged in and online
2. Tap on your profile picture on the far right below your screen to access your profile
3. Tap the three parallel horizontal lines (displayed as ≡) to go to Instagram’s main profile menu or Settings and Activity page
4. On the Search box, type ‘active status’
5. Before you finish typing ‘active,’ you’ll see ‘Show activity status’ in the results. Click on it to proceed

How to hide online status Instagram
6. You will go to the Activity Status section with a toggle. Put it off

That is how to hide your online status on Instagram on Android and iPhones. If you are using www.instagram.com on a computer or a laptop and want to hide your last seen, go to your profile > click on Options next to the View archive tab > tap Settings and privacy > And on the ‘How others can interact with you’ menu, go to Messages and story replies > ‘Who can see you’re online’ > ‘Show activity status’ then turn off to hide your Instagram active status. It is easy, and you will be done in seconds, and your friends won’t be able to see when you are active when using Instagram.

How to Join Traffic Police in Kenya

Traffic police officers at the Kenya Police Traffic Department provide oversight in matters relative to the safe use of roads; their functions and duties include ensuring the free flow of traffic on Kenyan roads, prevention of road accidents, investigation of accidents, enforcement of all laws, rules, and regulations with which the department is charged, and initiating road safety sensitization to the members of the public.

The Kenya Police Traffic Department is one of the special wings of the Kenya Police Service formed in accordance with Section 24 of the National Police Service Act, 2011, which outlines its functions.

The top priorities at the Kenya Police Traffic Department are to keep the traveling public and general transportation facilities safe and secure and increase mobility by setting safety regulations governing them.

How to become a traffic cop in Kenya

Because the Kenya Police Traffic Department is under the Kenya Police Service of the National Police Service (NPS), traffic cops are recruited first and trained as normal police officers before undergoing further specialized training to become traffic personnel.

So, if you want to be a traffic police in Kenya, you must attend the yearly police recruitment, where you will be shortlisted and sent to train at any of the Kenya Police Colleges in the country if you meet the requirements.

After completing your training, you can apply to join the Kenya Police Traffic Department. If successful, you will be re-admitted to the police college for deep skilling to have the highest possible standards of competence to serve as a traffic police officer.

In the recent past, general duty police officers were allowed to join trained traffic personnel and assist in carrying out their day-to-day duties, but Deputy Inspector General Douglas Kanji said, “You are directed to deploy back to general duty all those officers who had been attached to traffic duties. Ensure that they are deployed back to police station general duties” in an order sent to all police heads in the country to imply that you must be trained as a traffic cop to serve as one onward.

How much do traffic officers make in Kenya?

The average traffic police officer salary in Kenya is Ksh17,190 per month as of 2024, but their salary range typically falls between Ksh17,000 to Ksh180,000 monthly depending on the rank to which one belongs, police officer job group, and the job grade.

However, the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) is considering raising the salaries of the lowest-paid traffic cops to about Ksh18,760 per month before the year ends.

READ: Recruitment for the Kenya Police in 2024

Who Owns Kifaru Matchboxes?

A photo collage of Kifaru Match Box and the brand's owner (Kushal Shah).

Just like Kensalt, Kifaru is another commodity or product – it is actually a matchstick – that could fit the riddle “Who am I, and I am available in all Kenyan households?” Then the answer would be it. Kifaru Matchbox with the sticks inside it. But have you ever wondered who owns the company that makes them? Well, the answer is here;

Since 2000, Kifaru matches have been known for being sturdy and easy to light owing to the special ingredient on its match head that makes it light on any surface that can create enough friction.

Also, they are extra thick for a longer burn time, thus great for use in the kitchen, bathroom, fireplace, campsite, emergency kit, or anywhere you need them. That is why many people in Kenya love it.

This number one brand of wooden matches is manufactured by Match Masters Limited (MML), whose journey began in 1998 on Magana Road in Kikuyu, Nairobi. It started its match manufacturing operations then, with its flagship brand Rhino Matchsticks, which was rebranded later to Kifaru in 2000 after its first major investment in upgraded match manufacturing machinery to produce the quality product it is today.

Match Masters Limited is owned by Kushal Shah, who is now the managing director of the company, which not only manufactures Kifaru matchsticks but also Farasi wax matches and Kasuku and Tinga Match Box brands in neighboring Tanzania, where it extended to in 2012.

“Despite various challenges and a highly competitive marketplace, the brands have established leadership positions in their respective markets. The MML team has been, and still is, at the forefront of innovation and exceptional quality service delivery, which has propelled the company to become one of the leading manufacturers of wooden and wax safety matches in Africa.” The company says.

Kushal Shah is an alumnus of Manchester Metropolitan University, where he studied between 1990 and 1994.

GOtv Smallie in Nigeria: All You Need to Know in 2024

Subscription video-on-demand like Netflix and Showmax have only disrupted the upper-class market of television watchers in Nigeria and not of those in the middle and lower-class band to which many Nigerians belong, whose choice of getting TV is mostly GOtv and their darling subscription plan is GOtv Smallie due to its affordability in programming than most streaming services and flexibility of payment.

GOtv ‘Smallie’ is the smallest package offered by GOtv Nigeria for N1,300 per month, but for budget-conscious subscribers, it is payable N3,450 quarterly or N10,200 annually.

What channels are included with GOtv Smallie?

With the GOtv Smallie subscription package, you access 35 TV channels, 19 of which show local content, 15 are of other genres, and one is for sports. Here is the list of its included channels;

1. Trybe
2. TVC Entertainment
3. Spice TV
4. SS Blitz
5. ONMAX
6. Sunna TV
7. LAGOS TV
8. SILVERBIRD


9. AIT
10. NTA 1
11. NTA 2
12. Wazobia TV
13. WAP
14. OGTV


15. BCOS
16. Arewa 24
17. Liberty
18. ITV Benin
19. EBS
20. RSTV
21. BISCON TV
22. R2TV
23. RAVE
24. JimJam
25. Faith


26. Islam
27. Emmanuel TV
28. Dove TV
29. TVC News Nigeria
30. NTA News
31. CHANNELS
32. Al Jazeera
33. NTA Parliamentary
34. Naija FM
35. Wazobia

The other GOtv packages in Nigeria apart from this GOtv Smallie are GOtv Jinja at N2,700 per month with over 45 channels, GOtv Jolly with 65+ channels at N3,950 monthly, GOtv Max having 75+ channels for N5,700 monthly, GOtv Supa and GOtv Supa+ plans costing N7600 and N12,500/month respectively, and having more than 80 and 85 channels each, in that order.

READ: GOtv Nigeria: Supa and Supa+ Subscription Options

 

A Guide to Nairobi National Park – 2024

Of the 24 national parks in Kenya, the oldest one is in its capital, Nairobi, which is Nairobi National Park, established and gazetted in 1946 before the country had even gained independence.

And since it is the only national park within a capital city in the world, thanks to it, it has earned Nairobi recognition as “The World’s only Wildlife Capital.” It is a short drive out of Nairobi’s central business district.

The boundary of this Nairobi National Park encompasses approximately 78,000 acres, nearly half of which belongs to all the people of Nairobi County after the government increased its size from 29,000 acres to meet the ecological requirements of its wildlife populations throughout the year.

What animals live in Nairobi National Park?

The Nairobi National Park, managed by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), is best known for its expansive and pristine forests, consisting partly of thick woods and leafy bushes in a beautiful wide-open but mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem of savanna, and visitors enjoy exploring its lands and waters and experiencing its wildlife.

Inside it, there are 100 known species of mammals, 400 migratory and endemic bird species, and countless insects. Some of the most iconic animals that live in the Nairobi National Park include lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and baboons.

However, lions and cheetahs are hard to spot when you visit in the afternoons, and elephants are missing in this park.

Nairobi National Park Fees 2024

An entrance fee is required to visit Nairobi National Park year-round. These fees help fund the government’s maintenance of the park’s spaces for millions of annual visitors, and they are Ksh2,000 for Kenyan citizens and Ksh500 for their children or students after an upward review from Ksh430/resident and Ksh215/child park entry cost of the period 2022-2023 to bring Conservation Fees 2024-2025.

Today, international visitors pay $100 and $20 for kids, up from $43 and $22, respectively, when visiting this park during high seasons from July to March. A similar $100 is the entry fee for adult foreigners visiting during the low seasons of March to June, in which the park charges $20 per child.

There are additional fees when visitors access the park by private means using cars, and those with vehicles with less than six seats are billed Ksh1,000, Ksh1,500 for those having up to 14 seats, Ksh2,500 for vehicles having between 15 and 20 seats, and Ksh3,500 for those with a microbus or a bus with 21 seats and above.

Camping fees at Nairobi National Park generally range between $35 and $20 for foreign tourists and Ksh250 and Ksh200 for residents or citizens.

When visiting, citizens of Kenya are advised to carry identification documents or any other qualifying proof of residence to get cheaper resident rates to access the park.

How do I pay for Nairobi National Park online?

The access pass to Nairobi National Park is obtainable online via the eCitizen Government platform;

1. Visit kws.ecitizen.go.ke
2. Enter your login credentials to access the Kenya Wildlife Service eCitizen portal
3. Read the instructions carefully, then fill out the park entry application form
4. Follow the process to checkout and pay Nairobi National Park fees via mobile money, credit/debit cards, or online banking
5. Download and print the application invoice (receipt)

During your visit, carry your Original National Identification Card, Original Alien Identification Card, or Passport for easier processing of your details before entry.

GOtv Plus in Kenya: Its Pricing and Channels in 2024

As essentially one of the first major subscription-based digital terrestrial television services to launch in Kenya in 2011 before the country transitioned fully to digital TV in 2015, GOtv Kenya is becoming the oldest name in the pay-TV space:

There are many reasons for its continued success, such as its affordability, when it comes to the pricing of its packages, which GOtv Plus is one, and the vast library of TV channels in these packages to enjoy favorite shows, movies, sports, and more.

GOtv Plus is among the six packages offered by GOtv Kenya Limited of The MultiChoice Group, the dominator of the African entertainment sector with a range of products and services apart from GOtv, like DStv, Showmax, and KingMakers, among others, collectively used by over 23.5 million households in 50 markets across sub-Saharan Africa.

How much is Gotv Plus a month?

When you subscribe to any GOtv package in Kenya, the length of billing cycles is monthly, meaning you renew your subscription at the end of the disclosed 30-day billing period unless you choose its basic plan, GOtv Lite, which can be paid Ksh199 per month, Ksh500 quarterly (after every three months) or Ksh1,200 annually but with a small number of channels. Merely 20+.

After GOtv Lite, there is GOtv Value with over 35 included channels at Ksh649/month, followed by this GOtv Plus package, which allows subscribers to access local content, recent movie releases, compelling dramas, kids’ entertainment, comedies, and more through its more than 45 channels for a monthly subscription of Ksh999 in 2024.

Watch GOtv Plus channels in Kenya

Here are the channels available to watch on the Gotv Plus package;

1. Maisha Magic East
2. Maisha Magic Bongo
3. Africa Magic Family
4. Magic Showcase
5. Maisha Magic POA
6. Mambo Moto
7. Zee World
8. TeleMundo
9. Real Time
10. E! Entertainment
11. Discovery Family
12. Maisha Magic Plus
13. Africa Magic Epic
14. M-Net Movies 4
15. CineMagic
16. B4U Movies
17. Food Network
18. NatGeo Wild
19. SS Blitz
20. SS Football
21. SS Select 2
22. KBCTV
23. NTV
24. Citizen TV
25. KTN
26. KTN News
27. TV47
28. K24
29. Weru TV
30. Inooro TV
31. KASS TV
32. Kameme TV
33. Ramogi TV
34. Hope TV
35. JimJam
36. Disney Junior
37. PBS Kids
38. Moonbug
39. Nickelodeon
40. Akilli Kids
41. MTV Base
42. TRACE Mziki
43. Faith
44. Islam
45. Emmanuel TV
46. BBC News
47. Al Jazeera
48. CNN International
49. Classic FM
50. Milele FM
51. Radio Maisha
52. Hope FM

To make it a total of six plans as offered by GOtv Kenya, the other GOtv packages aside from the previously mentioned GOtv Lite, GOtv Value, and GOtv Plus are GOtv Max at Ksh1,449 per month with over 60 channels, GOtv Supa at Ksh1,899/mo with 70+ channels, and lastly GOtv Supa+, its most expensive package at Ksh3,500 monthly but with more than 75 TV channels

How to pay GOtv quickly using Mpesa in 2024

Please ensure that your decoder is on before making payment.

Follow these steps to pay for your GOtv subscription today using Mpesa;

Go to the Mpesa menu on your phone > Choose Lipa na Mpesa Pay Bill option > Enter 423655 as the business number, then enter your IUC number (On a red sticker at the bottom of the decoder) as the account name where money will be channeled to activate subscription > Enter the subscription amount of the package you wish to subscribe to > Enter your Safaricom Mpesa PIN number and complete the transaction.

In an instant, you will receive a confirmation SMS from Mpesa, and your GOtv subscription will be active after a few minutes.

Nehema Institute Eldoret Fees and Courses 2024

Nehema Institute in Eldoret is proud to offer one of the most affordable private college tuition in Kenya. On average, students at Nehema Institute Of Science and Technology (Nist), as known in full, pay Ksh9,600 per term for diploma courses and Ksh8,600 per term for certificate courses. Those studying at a higher diploma level pay a tuition fee of Ksh10,500/term in 2024.

As a minority institution, like many private colleges in the country, Nehema Institute demonstrates excellence in education through an emphasis on quality teaching in a small classroom setting thanks to its experienced and dedicated faculty leading as mentors as they engage the students in experiential learning, joint research, and keen intellectual guidance.

Academics are the first and foremost reasons for joining this learning institution because its students can easily choose what to study based on their passions since it offers a distinct blend of technical and business courses certified by Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) programs, education programs by Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board (KASNEB), short courses and more:

KNEC Technical and Business courses at Nehema Institute – 2024

The Nehema Institute Of Science and Technology academic experience allows each prospective student to find the perfect path for their skills and interests when choosing courses to study at the institution.

Here, why you pursue any KNEC Technical and Business course, you can graduate with either a certificate, diploma or a higher diploma academic qualification;

Nehema Institute diploma and certificate courses

In this guide, ‘Cert’ means Certificate, ‘Dip’ is Diploma, and H/Dip is Higher Diploma

See all the courses offered at Nehema Institute Of Science and Technology in Eldoret;

1. Cert/Dip/Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management
2. Cert/Dip/Higher Diploma in Sales and Marketing
3. Cert/Diploma in Information Communication Technology
4. Cert/Dip/Higher Diploma in Secretarial Studies
5. Cert/Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
6. Art/Cert/Diploma in General Agriculture
7. Cert/Diploma in Community and Social Work
8. Art/Cert/Diploma in Food and Beverage
9. Cert/Diploma in Accountancy
10. Cert/Diploma in Co-operative Management
11. Cert/Diploma in Library, Archives and Information Science
12. Dip/Higher Diploma in Applied Biology
13. Art/Certificate in Plumbing
14. Art/Cert/Diploma in Electrical Engineering
15. Cert/Diploma in Supplies Chain Management
16. Cert/Dip/Higher Diploma in Food Science and Technology
17. Dip/Higher Diploma in Analytical Chemistry
18. Dip/Higher Diploma in Medical Engineering
19. Cert/Dip/Higher Diploma in Business Management
20. Cert/Diploma in Fashion Design and Weaving
21. Cert/Diploma in Tourism Management
22. Cert/Diploma in Banking and Finance
23. Cert/Diploma in Road Transport Management
24. Cert/Diploma in Water Engineering
25. Cert/Diploma in Catering and Accommodation

Some KASNEB courses you can study at the Nehema Institute Of Science And Technology in Eldoret include Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Certified Secretaries (CS), Certified Investment and Financial Analysts (CIFA) and Certified Credit Professionals (CCP) whose minimum entry grade is usually a C+ in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.

Its short courses, which take three months to complete, help to fill up knowledge gaps in Counselling and Psychology, Statistical Planning, Hotel and Catering, HIV and Aids Management, and training nurse aides.

On the other hand, NITA courses by the National Industrial Training Authority at Nehema Institute ensure an adequate supply of properly trained manpower in the fields of motor vehicle mechanics, automotive electricians, brick makers, tilers, masons, painters and decorators, gas pipeline welders, carpenters, hairdressers, tailors, community health experts, and a few more others.

Interestingly, there are also driving classes at a Ksh10,000 total fee to learn how to drive light vehicles, Ksh15,700 to know light trucks, Ksh9,000 for ultimate licensing as a taxi or a bus driver, and Ksh8,700 for eventual motorcycle riders.

Further, you can join Nehema Institute and do computer packages at Ksh2,200 per package or Ksh8,000 each for advanced ones. However, to join this institute, there are qualifications to meet: a KCSE mean grade of C- for diploma courses, D+ for certificate courses, and D- and below for artisan programs.

READ: Eldoret Polytechnic Courses and Required Fees in 2024

Can You Make Money on Google News?

Okay, these days, people love easy money. I am not sure. Maybe they want easy money, and maybe they don’t, but the economy is hard, or they are too lazy. What I know is looking for this easy cash is harder and cannot be fit for these types of people as the infamous “Nothing comes easy.”

I joined Instagram recently, and I was scrolling through Reels (a habit I have formed over time in a short time since signing up, but I don’t really like it) in the past or the other week, I saw a video of a man claiming you can earn like $2,500 per day on Google News!

Wow! I was interested. I watched a little but scrolled past it. I never saved that short video because I was not serious, for I knew, almost automatically, that it must be a hoax – you know you should know these things – but I regret it.

I regret it because I don’t have that particular video to use right now as my point of reference when telling you how to forget about making any money on Google News. I needed to revisit it, watch it, and further explore the intricacies behind making quick money on this Google News; intricacies because these are the same people saying you can make money on AI seated somewhere.

Luckily, even though I can’t find that reel video on search, and someone should tell Mark Zuckerberg that the Instagram search engine has always been poor, and also can’t recall the name of its creator, I still remember the name of a certain website he mentioned in that video. I had a clue that it was “AARP.” I had researched about it that early morning.

So today, as I was searching Instagram “make money Google news,” hoping to find the video I am talking about but failed, I clicked on one by a user named Allan on How To Make Money Online, in which he also speaks about making $750/day utilizing Google News, but I did not watch the video to the end because I was discouraged by the number of engagements, as the likes and comments on that video were small such that the lies not yet propagated to the entire population. With time, it can. Many people are looking for ways to make money on Google News. The first one was very popular, which is why I found it randomly.

My ambitions didn’t die there. I searched “Money Google News,” but still, I couldn’t see that original video. I headed to Google on Chrome and searched “Make Money Google News Instagram,” and even though I still couldn’t see it, I found a popular video, now by a woman named Bita Barzili.

The video is popular with many engagements like the original one, so I tapped on it to access it. Right! At first glance, I saw ‘visit AARP’ and knew that that was the website I had a glimpse of in my mind. Maybe this could replace the original one.

There, she has outlined the steps of making money on Google News as follows;

1. Go to Google News
2. Pick the category of interest
3. Select an article
4. Highlight the text and click on « Copy. »
5. Proceed to Quillbot and paste the article, then click « Paraphrase » to generate a fresh version
6. Next, visit AARP – AARP offers $1 for every word in an article
The typical article contains around 500 words, equating to $500 per article

But wait! Don’t waste your time. At least you could save it for some important things like work.

AARP and Google News

When you look at the AARP website, AARP makes available trustworthy news, entertainment, and insights tailored to people 50 years and above. It is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization with a long record of ensuring elected officials in the United States address the issues that matter to all Americans age 50-plus, including protecting Social Security and Medicare. But do they accept articles from Google News?

Well, generally, AARP The Magazine accepts story ideas and pitches via pubspitches@aarp.org, but Story idea letters should be no more than one page long and should provide links to recent writing samples. Your letter should present your idea, give details on how you would approach it, provide some sense of your writing style, and name the section of the magazine for which the piece is intended, as one of the rules before pitching as stipulated in its Writer’s Guidelines, because it covers stories of diverse categories including Work and Money, Health and Fitness, Consumerism, Technology, Travel and more across North America and general.

However, here is the catch for those looking forward to copying articles from Google News, rewriting using AI writing tools like Quillbot and Grammarly, supplying it with a nice title, submitting to AARP, and making money: “If you submit a plagiarized pitch, we will blacklist and block you,” AARP’s cautionary advice to writers reads, due to a deluge of plagiarized and A.I.-generated submissions from overseas, it says, adding “If you submit a pitch written by AI, we will blacklist and block you.”

Whatsoever, you can’t make money on AARP using Google News unless you write original stories and have links to your recent writing samples as indicated in its writer guidelines.

Finally, as a journalist, there is no way you can make money online on Google News because despite it being your ‘source’ for trustworthy news stories personalized to you based on your likes and interests, its work is basically indexing news stories from media houses and it is not the original original source as it says. Thus, it is not easy for Google News to make money from the content posted on it unless from link referrals and own advertisements and things like that. I am there, and I have never made a single cent!

 

 

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