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Content Farms: Rethinking my Contribution
- logjam 16y ago"But some things are not as clear: one of my current assignments is to write about travel in Thailand in the first person POV. Obviously, this is already a deception, but then, it’s often acceptable in the industry." "And I don’t trust commercial websites anymore." Today, I’ve come to a point where I am seriously rethinking whether I should continue being a cow, laboriously ploughing word fields for farmers looking to harvest internet traffic crops."
- gjm11 16y agoWonderful: an HN discussion about content farms has its very own micro-scraper-site.
- ericmsimons 16y agoJasmine, pick up a good book on web design/development. The pay is better and a lot more engaging. I'm currently letting go of my web design/development company (because I'm now running a startup), so if you need some initial clients feel free to email me!
- ddemchuk 16y agoI hire writers to do things similar to what you described all the time, though I don't have them push the boundaries as much as you described. My suggestion? For every article you get an order for, write an article for your own sites. Build up a site network. You know what needs to be done. Go do it yourself and cut the dependence off. Also, please charge at least $0.02 a word. A dollar per 450 word article is bullshit. You're a good writer. 2-3 cents a word is completely reasonable in your industry.
- Mz 16y agoAt the opposite end, the stuff I write for my websites is personal, meaningful,...yadda yadda....and doesn't pay. Still trying to master that part of it. :-/ There has to be a way to do both: Something meaningful that pays. I'm just not there yet. (And I'm aware a big issue is that I just don't post regularly/frequently enough.)