How ehow beat Panda?
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Looks although ehow was hit by Panda 2.0, its traffic has increased back to previous levels. Does anyone know of an article / study that goews over what ehow did.
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eHow is run by Demand Media. You may want to look into that direction instead. As far as I know, a person cannot simply create an eHow account and start typing away. Recently I hired a Demand Media editor. She said that there basically is no more work for them and that many had to leave. She also said that the topics are very focused. Here is a straight copy and paste of an email from her:
they are starting to focus more on expertise focused articles, so unless you're, say, a mechanic who also knows how to write, you're out of the loop over there now.
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