# Google Has Become A Vast Repository Of Keyword SPAM

<http://www.businessinsider.com/dishwashers-and-how-google-consumes-its-own-tail-2009-12>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Over the weekend I tried to buy a new dishwasher. Being the fine net-friendly fellow that I am, I  began Google-ing for information. And Google-ing. and Google-ing. As I tweeted frustratedly at the tend of the failed exercise, "To a first approximation, the entire web is spam when it comes to appliance reviews"...Google has become a snake that too readily consumes its own keyword tail. Identify some words that show up in profitable searches -- from appliances, to mesothelioma suits, to kayak lessons -- churn out content cheaply and regularly, and you're done. On the web, no-one knows you're a content-grinder. The result, however, is awful.

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