WHAT IT TAKES WRITERS TO HIT PAY DIRT ON CONTENT FARMS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.

The article discusses journalists or bloggers employed by so-called "content farms," Internet industry firms which operate online journalism Web sites which pay journalists a nominal sum for each published article. Journalists who have achieved some financial success through content farms are considered. Such writers typically publish articles on celebrities or other topics which generate larger amounts of Internet traffic.