• These mod­els cre­ate a race to the bot­tom sit­u­a­tion, where any­one who spends time and effort on their con­tent is pushed out of busi­ness. We’re not there yet, but I see it com­ing. And just as old media is com­plain­ing about us, look for us to start com­plain­ing about the new jerks.
• TechCrunch founder Michael Arring­ton • On the rise of “fast-food content” – information that’s turned into com­mod­ity, with no thought put into qual­ity but focus put into SEO alone. Don’t believe us? It’s already here, kinda. It’s called Demand Media. Where every­thing is recy­cled so many times that the good con­tent goes away and we’re stuck eat­ing crappy, good enough media burg­ers. With genet­i­cally mod­i­fied URLs. (Read­WriteWeb also noticed this trend.) Our thoughts: Wouldn’t it be great to know you’re surf­ing the Web and get­ting more than snake oil? Because, hey, SEO is nice and all, but con­tent with a clever approach is even bet­ter. Also, we’re con­vinced that Google and Microsoft will fix the SEO prob­lem some­day and fig­ure out quality-based algo­rithms to curb the rise of crap con­tent. source

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