Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and CultofMac.com editor Leander Kahney discuss Google, content farms, and Demand Media (plus a personal account of how the tweaked algorithm almost ruined Kahney's business) in our latest edition of The Cold Call.
Yahoo says Google's "black box" has already had a huge effect on its Contributor Network--though not all negative, with sites like Yahoo Answers getting a boost.
Like Aol, the company plans to build a giant news Borg in which readers become contributors. Yahoo's purchase of Associated Content makes so much sense now.