Yahoo buys freelance news site Associated Content

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100518/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_yahoo_acquisition;_ylt=AobzXq1_5SH.U7V1VlNjLasjtBAF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwdGQ5bm5rBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNTE4L3VzX3RlY195YWhvb19hY3F1aXNpdGlvbgRjcG9zAzIEcG9zAzUEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDeWFob29idXlzZnJl

by kadhinn • 16 years ago

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sstrudeau• 16 years ago

Another steaming pile of mediocrity to compete with IAC's about.com? yawn

drm237• 16 years ago

IAC doesn't own about.com. It's owned by The New York Times Company.

jsm386• 16 years ago

Yahoo Inc. is buying freelance news site Associated Content in a deal that will add a more folksy touch to one of the world's biggest Web sites.

So Associated Content, which is a content mill a la Demand Media/AOL Seed based on SEOing the hell out of trending news items is now owned by a search engine. That sounds like the worst/greatest idea Yahoo has come up with yet depending on your perspective.

vaksel• 16 years ago

well to be fair Yahoo is getting out of the search business(they'll be powered by bing)

ilamont• 16 years ago

Risky. A strategy based on low-quality content is bad for any brand, but because this product is tied so closely to SEO, it is really putting itself at the mercy of Google. A fundamental change in the search algorithm or SERP design could really screw Associated Content.

scrame• 16 years ago

Yahoo: A second rate company trying their damndest to be third-rate.

Yahoo buys freelance news site Associated Content

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