content farm

noun

A website, company or entity that contains low-quality, search-engine optimized writing, which may be aggregated from elsewhere.

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Meanings

nouncontent farm (plural content farms)

plural content farms

  1. InternetA website, company or entity that contains low-quality, search-engine optimized writing, which may be aggregated from elsewhere.

    Just as content farms are engineered to game search engines, an increasing number of sites are designed to game social networks.

    2014, Astra Taylor, The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 內容農場 /内容农场
  • 內容農場 /内容农场 (nèiróng nóngchǎng)website which contains low-quality SEO writing
Finnish sisältöfarmi
  • sisältöfarmiwebsite which contains low-quality SEO writing
Polish farma treści
  • farma treściwebsite which contains low-quality SEO writing
Cite this entry
APA

content farm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20farm

MLA

“content farm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20farm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “content farm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20farm.

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