«Writers Explain What It’s Like Toiling on the Content Farm» («MediaShift» via @genova):
- «‹I was completely aware that I was writing crap,› she said. ‹I was like, ‘I hope to God people don’t read my advice on how to make gin at home because they’ll probably poison themselves.’
‹Never trust anything you read on eHow.com,› she said, referring to one of Demand Media’s high-traffic websites, on which most of her clips appeared.
Although chief revenue officer Joanne Bradford has touted Demand’s ability to give freelancers a byline and get their pieces published to ‹a great place on the web,› the successful writers I interviewed made great efforts to conceal their identities while working for the content farm.
The prospect of seeing their names in the travel section of USAToday.com or the small business page of the Houston Chronicle’s website – two newspaper sites where Demand now contributes content – did not interest them.»
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