What is the Clout program?
Clout is the scale we use to measure a contributor’s success on Associated Content from Yahoo! – the digital library of Yahoo! Contributor Network. You begin your Yahoo! Contributor Network career at clout 1, and climb the Clout ladder gradually based on the amount of content you publish and the amount of page views your Associated Content from Yahoo! work receives. Starting at clout 7, your Associated Content from Yahoo! Performance Payments rate incrementally increases until you reach the highest PPM (payment per thousand views), at clout 10. See all the details here.