content farm

[ kon-tent fahrm ]

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noun

, Digital Technology.

a website that seeks to elevate the ranking of its pages in search results and to attract advertisers by incorporating popular search terms in its high-volume content, often with little attention to originality, appropriateness, or quality of content.

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content farming noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of content farm¹

First recorded in 2010–15; content ¹ (in the sense “the creative material on the page”) + farm (in the sense ”establishment that produces specific products or services”)

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