METHOD FOR MONETIZING USER-GENERATED CONTENT ON WEBSITES

1 . A computer-implemented system for monetizing internet content, the system comprising:

a. a social networking website providing content including a viewable online section for containing user-generated content, said online section capable of having posted thereto said user-generated content in a free default format or a distinctive format;

b. computer executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

i. prompting a user of said content with an on screen prompt to pay a fee in exchange for said user's user-generated content to be posted in said distinctive format;

ii. receiving, in response to said on screen prompt, a fee from said user;

iii. displaying said user's user-generated content in said distinctive format relative to said default format in said online section;

c. a processor for executing said computer executable instructions; and

d. a memory for storing at least said computer executable instructions.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said distinctive format differs from said default format by being posted in non-chronological order relative to said default format.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said user-generated content is said user's thoughts or opinion that was previously posted in said default format.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said distinctive format differs from said default format by said distinctive format comprising a distinctive appearance.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said user is prompted at the time of making said user-generated content to pay for said distinctive format.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said user is prompted to pay for said distinctive format by one of a credit card, debit account, credit account, and PayPal.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said expression of said displayed user-generated content comprises advertising.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said displayed user-generated content does not have an indication of the date of posting.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said user-generated content comprises a URL link and said user is prompted to pay for said distinctive format at the time of making said user-generated content by one of a credit card, debit account, credit account, and PayPal, and wherein said displayed user-generated content is posted in non-chronological order relative to default format user-generated content.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein said displayed user-generated content comprises a highlighted post in said online section.

11 . A computer-implemented method for monetizing internet content, the method comprising:

a. Publishing a social networking website via a computer server;

b. providing with said social networking website a page with an online section for containing user-generated content, wherein said user-generated content can be posted by a user for viewing in said online section in a free default format or a distinctive format;

c. prompting said user by an on screen prompt on said page to pay a fee in exchange for said user's user-generated content to be posted in said distinctive format;

d. receiving by a provider of said online content, or a third party on behalf of said provider, a fee from said user; and

e. displaying said reader's user-generated content in said distinctive format relative to said default format in said online section.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein said user's displayed user-generated content differs from said default format by being posted in non-chronological order relative to said default format.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein said displayed user-generated content is posted in said distinctive format for a fixed time with a start time and stop time.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein said user is prompted at the time of making said user-generated content to pay for distinctiveness, and said method includes the step of said user choosing to pay for distinctiveness by clicking on a hyperlink, link, or radio button.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein said displayed user-generated content comprises a URL link and does not have an indication of the date of posting.

16 . A computer-implemented method for monetizing internet content, the method comprising:

a. publishing via a computer server a social networking website viewable on computers or mobile devices;

b. providing with said social networking website an online section for containing user-generated content, said online section capable of having posted thereto said user-generated content in a free default format or a distinctive format;

c. receiving, in response to an offer made to said user, a fee from said user in exchange for displaying said user's user-generated content in said distinctive format; and

d. displaying on said computer or said mobile device said user's user-generated content in said distinctive format in said online section.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein said distinctive format differs from said default format in that said distinctive format is posted in said online section in non-chronological order relative to said default format.

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein said distinctive format further comprises distinctive text such that said viewable content relating to said displayed user-generated content in said distinctive format is visibly changed and stands out from said viewable content relating to user-generated content in said default format.

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein said user-generated content comprises advertising.

20 . The method of claim 16 , wherein said user-generated content comprises a URL link and said user is prompted prior to posting said user-generated content to pay for said distinctive format.