Comments on: Content Farms 2.0: Can Robots Help Write the News? http://gigaom.com/2011/02/08/content-farms-2-0-can-robots-help-write-the-news/ Wed, 22 May 2013 21:24:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: FredCavazza.net > Le retour de la revanche du contenu http://gigaom.com/2011/02/08/content-farms-2-0-can-robots-help-write-the-news/#comment-595615 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:18:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=294973#comment-595615 [...] Un modèle intéressant qui a su séduire de nombreux clients, mais laisse quand même dubitatif : Content Farms 2.0, Can Robots Help Write the News?. Toujours est-il que les moteurs en question ne sont pas dupes et travaillent activement à [...]

]]> By: Cole Watkins http://gigaom.com/2011/02/08/content-farms-2-0-can-robots-help-write-the-news/#comment-589438 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:43:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=294973#comment-589438 Mr. Toole you make a very good point with your music example. But some of the “new age” music has infact got to the point where it’s not instruments playing anymore but just sounds and electric beats; as seen in dub-step, electro, and even rap genres. I think it all comes down to stepping stones. Many things evolve over time. Music may just be in the mits of its transformation and if “My boss is a Robot” actually works, we could be saying the same for journalism as well.

]]> By: Robot News « Wir sprechen Online. http://gigaom.com/2011/02/08/content-farms-2-0-can-robots-help-write-the-news/#comment-588957 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:19:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=294973#comment-588957 [...] My Boss is a Robot: scientific experiment outsources the editorial process to Amazon Mechanical Turk; http://eicker.at/RobotNews [...]

]]> By: Dave Toole http://gigaom.com/2011/02/08/content-farms-2-0-can-robots-help-write-the-news/#comment-588771 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:51:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=294973#comment-588771 It is interesting to see that we try to automate the human out of our
process. We believe the model will go the other way and be more driven up the food train to more cost effective professional content. It is the personal touch that comes through over time. Think of when music could be synthisized. It started with everyone saying that musicians were no longer needed. This didn’t play out. Same will be true with journalism and as well video production.

]]> By: Guest http://gigaom.com/2011/02/08/content-farms-2-0-can-robots-help-write-the-news/#comment-588710 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:28:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=294973#comment-588710 Are you accepting comments?

]]> By: Guest http://gigaom.com/2011/02/08/content-farms-2-0-can-robots-help-write-the-news/#comment-588695 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:49:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=294973#comment-588695 Ultimately the real issue is whether advertisers will pay to be on this content or how the site is getting monetizing.

Take Demand Media their goal is owning the first page of Google. Will google give them the traffic and the revenue tool allow this to happen forever?

Example:

Owning the first page of Google results.

Google “How to Renew an Expired Passport” they have multiple sites they own or partner with to own the first page.

Search result #1 Ehow/Demand Media
Search result #2 Ehow/Demand Media
Search result #6 UsaToday/Demand Media
Search result #10 Trails/Demand Media

]]> By: Cole Watkins http://gigaom.com/2011/02/08/content-farms-2-0-can-robots-help-write-the-news/#comment-588625 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:25:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=294973#comment-588625 This is very fascinating. If indeed this is able to work it would save a lot of “headache” caused by the content farms. But on the other hand I can see why Journalist across the world would not be for this idea. This seems like it could easily blow up and have journalists everywhere searching for a new job in an already tough job market.

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