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Pvt. McCormick, in comments: “as of this moment, 24 hours after Whet’s original post, ChuffPo remains atop the Reader in a Google search for ‘Bon Iver Vic.’” This is actually a pretty profound point in re SEO dark arts.
San Francisco: they are coming for your content, too. Ironically, their SF-specific VC sugar daddy justified the investment by saying: “The Huffington Post benefits from… an approach to content that leverages other news and blogger feeds in a manner traditional media players have not.”
A piece of advice if you find yourself unemployed but are willing to donate your journalistic efforts for free, like former Trib ME James Warren decided to do for Huffington Post: pretty much every big city has an independent, beautifully crafted, intelligent blog/site that’s probably more deserving of your skills than some content-swiping, VC-money-seeking billionaire. Try Gapers Block.
