Google declares war on content farms



I'm guessing not. I don't think I've ever seen an "article directory" with unique content... have you? Article marketers write articles then post them on their blogs, shitty "web 2.0" sites, and as many article directories as possible. That's the problem with those article directories - they provide no value whatsoever. I'm guessing the dude that runs ezine articles made bank, but it's going to dwindle to literally nothing within a month.
 
lschmidt said:
What about wisegeek, anyone? I never hear them mentioned, but they must be included in this as well I'd imagine. And they actually pay their writers ~$12 for an article.
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Demand paid out between $15-30 last time I heard (I don't write articles but have tried to learn about them) with actual editors doing quality control. They were a victim of their own success, you can give google what the want only as long as the unwashed masses think you know as little as they do as to what google actually wants.
 
the biggest dance in the world

well since they started playing around I have sites that are jumping almost 200 places (sometimes to the good), it is too much drama so I just keep diversifing the link structure and wait for things to settle down and then deal with the aftermath.

I am thinking on 1 May I will declare SLAP GOOGLE DAY. That is when all of us with spammy low content sites (where Google made most of their 15 BILLION dollars in cash from) will turn off adsense and Google content network on our sites for the day. Perhaps the internet will benefit from having a day free of spammy Google ads? What say you Matt Cutts?
 
have a general article directory and traffic is up by around 100 visitors per day from Google since the 15th, and it's been on the rise since
 
hmm, luckily hasn't hit europe yet:)
do have a question... what do you think about this,,, i have 2 sites that just show a game, 2 adsense ads and a header, ranking with EMD's for keywords with 60000 exact searches and less than 1000 competitors, what do you think big G will do with those sites?
 
rwtbkk said:
I am thinking on 1 May I will declare SLAP GOOGLE DAY. That is when all of us with spammy low content sites (where Google made most of their 15 BILLION dollars in cash from) will turn off adsense and Google content network on our sites for the day. Perhaps the internet will benefit from having a day free of spammy Google ads? What say you Matt Cutts?
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Hmm... I like it. You organize the troops and on may first I'll be the last guy with Adsense turned on and my EPCM will shoot throught the roof! :jester:
 
rwtbkk said:
I am thinking on 1 May I will declare SLAP GOOGLE DAY. That is when all of us with spammy low content sites (where Google made most of their 15 BILLION dollars in cash from) will turn off adsense and Google content network on our sites for the day. Perhaps the internet will benefit from having a day free of spammy Google ads? What say you Matt Cutts?
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I say do whatever you want, the $0.10 CPM backfill will be waiting for you on May 2.
 
It looks like Demand isn't being hit much after all. In fact I see a lot of eHow pages ranking higher than before. Anyone else seeing this?

I was having a hard time seeing why they would penalize most of Demand's sites because their content is original and pretty decent. The dust is starting to settle and it looks like only the spun/duplicate content farms and article directories are being hit, which is how it should be.

If Demand's sites get hit hard, that should seriously worry any quality content publisher IMO.
 
Maybe quality wasn't the best word to use in that context, but my point is that their stuff is decently written and unique. It's one thing to penalize shitty content that is barely readable and article directories with no unique content, but the day Google starts penalizing generally well written and unique content is the day they are officially screwed.

If you don't think a lot of the content on eHow is "useful" or "quality" than you're trippin'. If you type "how to change my car's oil" into Google the 1st result is a link to a page on eHow that includes both a unique video and a unique article on how to change your car's oil. This is highly relevant and useful and deserves to be listed where it is. I could give you 50,000 such examples. You don't think eHow deserves these rankings? If not I don't see how you have any incentive to create your own unique content.
 
dsiomtw said:
If you don't think a lot of the content on eHow is "useful" or "quality" than you're trippin'. If you type "how to change my car's oil" into Google the 1st result is a link to a page on eHow that includes both a unique video and a unique article on how to change your car's oil. This is highly relevant and useful and deserves to be listed where it is. I could give you 50,000 such examples. You don't think eHow deserves these rankings? If not I don't see how you have any incentive to create your own unique content.
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I didn't say they don't have unique content, I just said it's not high quality. Any time I've stumbled across eHow articles I have been disappointed, so now I actually avoid clicking on their shit because I know I'm probably not going to get what I'm looking for. I'm not saying they're as bad as Yahoo Answers, but I just don't see them as having quality content. Maybe our definition of quality content differs.
 
eHow has both good and bad content. That could be why they're being spared during this round.

I know quite a few writers who have written for eHow, one of whom now charges $200 per short blog post. While price doesn't always reflect quality, it does in this case.

I've stumbled on winners there. Not many. But they're there, hidden among the fakers. All to say, some kickass writers have written for Demand.
 
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