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justo_tx

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It's a good idea for Google - it will stop the bloggers bitching about content farms.

The average user doesn't really care that much, and they click on the Google Adsense ads on eHow which make Google money anyway.

It's in Google's interests to have the search results filled with MFA sites which are just good quality enough to stop users defecting. That way, users click, then click through a paid link on the MFA site, G gets 35% commission.

Then they ensure the really compelling content is on the ads on the right, for which Google gets 100%.

So MFA sites are fine, as long as you have a spiffy corporate looking design so that the sheeple don't think it's webspam. After all, they're happy enough with meaningless filler content coming out of their TV every night, so why expect more from the web?
 
So MFA sites are fine, as long as you have a spiffy corporate looking design so that the sheeple don't think it's webspam.

I love how most reddit users and such have no problem with amazon coming up on the first page, when ultimately their only purpose is to sell you stuff. Yet these people will complain about spam with pages that often have articles that are more informative than anything on amazon.
 
I love how most reddit users and such have no problem with amazon coming up on the first page, when ultimately their only purpose is to sell you stuff. Yet these people will complain about spam with pages that often have articles that are more informative than anything on amazon.

Depends what you're looking for. If you're after shit to buy, Amazon's just fine.

If I was looking for info on why my kid's poop has turned blue and she's started barking like a dog, I wouldn't be thrilled with Amazon.

But yeah, you're right - they seem to have special hate for article sites.

Personally, I don't mind things like ezine articles or niche sites, cos they sometimes are pretty good. But eHow is just retard-tastic.