"WebHostingTalk News" Getting Worse?
I have been thinking this for a while but have not posted until now. I also know this has been discussed a few times before, but is it just me, or is the quality of the "news" under "WebHostingTalk News" getting worse? It looks like WHT is using other feeds in addition to theWHIR now though. I am not saying theWHIR is of the best quality either, but it did seem a bit better than a lot of the other "hosting news" sites out there.
In my opinion it is a bit misleading to call the section "WebHostingTalk News" when really its is nothing more than "Web Hosting Press Releases". None of the articles or article titles seem to be checked either. WHT could really make something out of this section by having a dedicated team member from iNET, with a background in journalism and writing, who does research and writes up interesting and useful news stories instead of just copying and pasting press releases with mistakes all over them.
The way it is setup right now, in my opinion, this whole "news" situation does not reflect well on WHT as it sends a message to me that WHT is simply trying to fill space on the pages and generate content for SEO purposes. I wouldn't mind so much if some thought and effort went into generating the content but it leaves a lot to be desired in my opinion when all that can be done is copy and pasting a press release with a ton of mistakes and maybe changing around the odd paragraph.
I just think this section is a bit of a joke right now and a wasted opportunity that could be so much more for WHT and the community :)
- Chris