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The result was redirect to Content farm. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:44, 9 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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And yet another article about a random online marketing practice full of original research and lacking proper sourcing for many years; this is essentially the topic of content farms. ZimZalaBim ^talk 03:39, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Selectively merge with (and redirect to) content farm Keep - Notable historical topic in the subject of SEO. Google search shows that sources WP:NEXIST, even if they are not yet used in the article. Nominator has described no reason to delete according to wikipedia policy other than WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Yes, the topic is content farms. We're describing what on earth that is and what they do, not endorsing them. Fieari (talk) 03:53, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• No, the reason is that it is unsourced original research, and content farm already exists. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 03:56, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• It looks like an article directory differs from a content farm in that it doesn't host the content, but just (paid for) links to other content. In this case, it might be worth a quick merge with content farm-- the fact that it used to be a way to get your SEO rank up, but now is punished, is a worthy fact to have in the encyclopedia, but you may be right that it doesn't need an entire article just to define the term and say it used to work but now doesn't. I'll change my !vote to selectively merge. Fieari (talk) 04:11, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 06:59, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to content farm. They appear to be interchangeable terms. FalconK (talk) 01:07, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 04:11, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 07:04, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to content farm.Gusfriend (talk) 11:13, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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