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Writing Content and Eating Lamb

by Carson Brackney

I hate lamb.  I don’t like it with mint jelly (double my displeasure).  I don’t like the lamb ribs at Jackstack’s.  I’d rather spend my life choking down NJ diner scrapple or San Antonio street fair tripe tacos than to force another spoonful of mutton past my tongue.

Obviously, lamb isn’t for everyone.

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Worth Reading–Content Mills, Google and More

I’m not interested in jumping into the ongoing war about content mills and pricing for freelance writing today, but I will point you toward a blog post on the topic.

Carson Brackney’s post about content mills and those who hate them is worth reading.  Even if you don’t agree with him 100%, I think you’d have to admit he makes a few good points.

If nothing else, he gets bonus points for mentioning Denny’s, West Side Story, endongo lyre music and Tiger Woods in a single post!

Read it here:  Content Mills, Angela Hoy, Search Engines and the Quality of Online Writing

~Corena

Doing the Impossible: Providing Quality Content

by Carson Brackney

156_flying_blind_pLet’s get the obvious stuff out of the way…

In terms of online success, content is critical. That’s why people are willing to pay you to write.

Furthermore, good content is important. We can all come up with a nice long list of reasons why businesses should invest in high quality material. No matter how sick you may be of hearing it, that “good content is king” thing is true.

Finally, none of us have a convincing way of defining the amorphous concept of “quality content”. We try, but at least four things prevent us from constructing a clear, brightline definition: (more…)