Content farms and such....

So Goog tried unsuccessfully to tamp down on the content farmers like Demand Media and eHow. They did however get rid of one nuisance in Mahalo. This post by Aaron Wall at SEO Book pretty much sums up the situation http://www.seobook.com/google-kills-ehows-competitors
The interesting part about this is that in a weird way Goog needs content on all subjects so that it can offer a full index. Even if that content is low quality it's better than nothing. To avoid the "share cropper" stigma some enterprising people are scanning old books that have passed into public domain. They are then turning those into websites. That's an interesting approach, if, you add some value to that process. Or you could let your users do it for you. Something to think about. If you have any business models or ideas on the subject stop by the BigIdeas forum page and post them there. Here's the link: http://www.warriorforum.com/groups/bigideas-group.html