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Media folks: What was the name of the company circa 2007 or 8ish that used SEO and churned out content as fast as possible to be high in google search rankings. Raised a lot of money. Based in LA (I think) and Google eventually changed its algo to downrank and they disappeared?

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demand media?

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YES!!!! You and

have brought back a flood of memories. I imagine the way Google reacted to them, they will eventually do for AI content. Wanted to try and remember the parallel. Thank you.

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sad to admit i know this bc during a dry spell of freelancing I tried contributing. if i recall the rate was $15 a pop. i quickly concluded that bartending was more lucrative

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I contributed to something called "Associated Content" - you just reminded me! blog.digidave.org/2005/11/acdc-i Very similar deal!

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