"If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster." --Isaac Asimov

Saturday, May 21, 2011

More on content farms

While researching content farms, I found a thought-provoking blog post by Matt Gratt:  Content Farms, Performance Publishing, and the Future of Online Media. One of the first points that he makes is that "content farm" is a somewhat demeaning term; he prefers "performance publishing".

Whatever you might think of these sites, it's clear that they've made a huge impact on traditional publishing, in much the same way that the iTunes music store impacted the traditional music production industry. A lot has been said regarding the quality of content generated by this type of publishing, but Matt makes the point that:
...a preponderance of re-written garbage will make the well researched, well written stories rise to the top. If anything, more Demand Media-esque content will make the New York Times stick out more. 
As mentioned in my previous post, I recently started writing for Yahoo Associated Content. It's more of an experiment than anything else, at this stage. It should be interesting to watch the evolution of the industry, though.

2 comments:

Stratoz said...

welcome back to blogging. Good luck with your writing. have you seen oneword.com? you may have fun there.

kdoyle said...

Thanks for the tip...oneword.com looks like a fun way to keep the writing skills sharp!

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