Comments on: Rise of the Machines: Why Demand Media Is Worth More Than the New York Times

By: Demand Media – Digital IPO | YO BRO IT'S ME LITTY

Demand Media – Digital IPO | YO BRO IT'S ME LITTY — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:49:20 +0000

[...] Demand Media’s valuation is $1.5 Billon. Blogger Peterk Kafka explains how that is a higher valuation then the NY Times. If you had asked me a few weeks ago to estimate Demand Media value I probably would have said [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:19:00 +0000

I am in the SEO content generating business and I can tell you that copy for the internet can be had for pennies per word. And yes it is junk, and yes you get what you paid for, but that kind of content can still rank well in the search engines and drive organic traffic. So unfortunately online journalism is dying a slow painful death!

By: The Only Thing You’ll Ever Need To Know To Never Get Penalized

The Only Thing You’ll Ever Need To Know To Never Get Penalized — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:03:19 +0000

[...] if you adhere to this policy as a rule, I guarantee that you can spend Demand Media’s valuation on paid links and never get caught. Because, almost certainly, you’ll be enhancing the web [...]

By: PKafka

PKafka — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:36:00 +0000

Here’s Demand’s response to that argument: http://mediamemo.allthingsd.co.....very-much/

By: ilamont

ilamont — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:41:00 +0000

What would happen to Demand Media if most of its content suddenly was downgraded in Google search results? Google has already noticed the complaints about the quality of search results being brought down by content mills (see Matt Cutts’ recent blog posts and Hacker News comments about this). It’s not clear what Google will do about it, but it’s safe to assume that the end result won’t help Demand Media, eHow, Associated Content, etc.

By: Take a closer look at the US online advertising spend data and you’ll soon discover the only market Google has disrupted is online « excapite

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:34:11 +0000

[...] to say a number of commentators have enthused about how Demand Media is redefining the economics of digital content. While others have questioned Demand [...]

By: Demand Media Announces Closing of IPO| Rodney Payne

Demand Media Announces Closing of IPO| Rodney Payne — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:25:11 +0000

[...] the launch, it didn’t take long for Demand Media to rack up a valuation surpassing even the New York Times, with a market cap of $1.8 billion, according to [...]

By: Veckan som gick – vecka 4 « Same Same But Different

Veckan som gick – vecka 4 « Same Same But Different — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:23:34 +0000

[...] USA har innehållsmassproducenten Demand Media börsintroducerats och stigit så att bolaget är värt mer än New York Times. Demand Medias idé är att matematiskt analysera och räkna ut vad folk söker efter, och sedan [...]

By: Good news for journalism: no way is Demand Media really worth more than the New York Times « MediaBriefing Experts' Blog

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:38:19 +0000

[...] its market cap of $1.8bn still makes it worth more than the New York Times. It’s that “worth more than the New York Times” bit that evidently set journalists’ teeth on edge – if the US paper of record is [...]

By: Good news for journalism: no way is Demand Media really worth more than the New York Times « MediaBriefing Experts' Blog

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:04:02 +0000

[...] its market cap of $1.8bn still makes it worth more than the New York Times. It’s that "worth more than the New York Times" bit that evidently set journalists' teeth on edge – if the US paper of record is [...]

By: Demand Media IPO | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Demand Media IPO | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:57:47 +0000

[...] of course, Demand is in the media business, using a model which terrifies lots of people in the media business. It produces lots and lots of [...]

By: yuregininsesi

yuregininsesi — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:38:00 +0000

And I think that Demand is really a good opportunity for a beginning writer to get first profit for his stories. Their terms of acceptance aren’t very strict, to my mind, but at the same time they pay pretty good.

By: Demand Media Banks It Hard — Inside Affiliate

Demand Media Banks It Hard — Inside Affiliate — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:20:40 +0000

[...] ages, Article Marketing, and scaled it to an unimaginable degree. The company is rumored to be worth around $1.5 Billion. It will most likely be acquired by a major public company or have an IPO of its own in the near [...]

By: Yahoo Snaps Up Associated Content for $90 Million to Counter AOL and Demand Media | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Tue, 18 May 2010 20:00:01 +0000

[...] and acts a lot like Demand Media, the Santa Monica-based “content mill” that’s drawn a lot of attention in the last year or so–though both companies bristle when you compare the two. It’s also thematically [...]

By: Left At the Altar By AOL, Associated Content Hires Allen | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:16:35 +0000

[...] and acts a lot like Demand Media, the Santa Monica-based “content mill” that’s drawn a lot of attention in the last year or so — though both companies bristle when you compare the two. It’s also thematically [...]