{"id":113,"date":"2015-02-10T19:56:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T19:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/publicspeaking1xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=113"},"modified":"2019-03-06T13:48:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T13:48:06","slug":"avoid-content-farms","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/ivytechcomm101-publicspeaking-statewide\/chapter\/avoid-content-farms\/","title":{"raw":"Research & Support: Avoid Content Farms","rendered":"Research & Support: Avoid Content Farms"},"content":{"raw":"
\r\n\r\nAvoid Content Farms!\r\n\r\n\"In the context of the\u00a0World Wide Web, a\u00a0content farm\u00a0(or\u00a0content mill) is a company that employs large numbers of\u00a0freelance\u00a0writers to generate large amounts of textual\u00a0content\u00a0which is specifically designed to satisfy\u00a0algorithms\u00a0for maximal retrieval by\u00a0automated search engines. Their main goal is to generate advertising revenue through attracting reader\u00a0page views<\/sup>\u00a0as first exposed in the context of\u00a0social spam\" (\"Content Farm,\" 2014).\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nContent farms, or content mills, are not college-level resources.<\/strong>\u00a0They should be avoided in favor of stronger resources from established and creditable sources. Please visit Wikipedia\u2019s discussion on the subject at\u00a0http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Content_farm<\/a>, and then consider reading Mashable\u2019s article at\u00a0http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/content-farms\/<\/a>.\r\n\r\nFor the List of Content Farms, please see\u00a0http:\/\/www.jongales.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/14\/list-of-content-farms\/#comments<\/a>\u00a0for updates, but I\u2019ve posted the current ones below.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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