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Sites that just use content from other sides to make money

Pen.Island · 2013-11-30 21:36:02

You know these sites that you click a link and it brings you to their site to get hits, so they make lots of money. There's one big Irish site like this, I think they just browse reddit and then write up a cringey journalistic piece on it. Like, come on, it's a horse with a boner...no need to write an essay about it! And…

30-11-2013 9:36pm

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Pen.Island

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You know these sites that you click a link and it brings you to their site to get hits, so they make lots of money. There's one big Irish site like this, I think they just browse reddit and then write up a cringey journalistic piece on it. Like, come on, it's a horse with a boner...no need to write an essay about it!

And then they use tragic news events often saying RIP or something just to get likes on their link and thereby getting more hits on their site.

Rant over!

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