Why do websites like Business Insider and Forbes just copy Quora answers for their "articles"?
Short answer: because it's an easy way for a writer to put out an article that they know will be popular.Longer answer: Think about the incentives from a writer's point of view. And first, let's understand that these publications have two types of writers; 1) staff writers who work full time and are paid and are personal journalists, and 2) contributors who are not paid, are not professional journalists in most cases, and who wrote because they get something out of it other than a paycheck. I suspect most of the articles you're referring to are coming from this second group.For those in the second group, their goal is probably to build up their own reputation for the purpose of selling books, growing their business, or furthering their career. I happen to run a digital marketing agency, so when I write I often write about digital marketing. I know that if I write great articles about digital marketing that people find useful, some of those people will look me up, find out about my agency, and hire us. It then becomes my goal to figure out what people want to know about digital marketing, and an easy way to do that is to look at Quora and see which questions about digital marketing are popular. Then I use that as my basis for an article. Everyone wins in this scenario. I get an easy article, readers get useful content, the publication gets more traffic, etc.That said, I've never copied a Quora answer. I'll use what's popular as inspiration for an article, but I can usually come up with an answer on my own that's better suited than what I find on Quora. If I can't, I'll reach out to experts and quote them as sources. If someone is actually blatantly copying Quora answers then that's just lazy.
Forbes or US News? Which college rankings are better and why?
As an educational consultant who provide school selection advice for students and parents, I prefer the Forbes ranking (although the real answer is that ranking is somewhat meaningless). For starter, it's one of the few ranking that combine both LACs and national universities. Almost all of my students are applying for undergraduate admission, so it makes for sense for them to compare Harvey Mudd College with Cornell's engineering. The second thing, which bothers me a lot, is that it's actually pretty easy to manipulate the US News ranking. It might be as easy to manipulate the Forbes ranking too. Just that no school is doing it because the US News one is more popular. You can look at a school like Northeastern University, whose ranking skyrocketed from 120+ to 40+ in less than 2 decades. Did the quality of education really improves that much over the last 2 decades? Hell no! But the management knew exactly what to do to boost their scores to improve their ranking (building more dorm, restrict class size, having more applicants by joing the Common App, etc). I am not saying Northeastern is a bad school, but I am not convinced it's better than University of Texas Austin, as shown in the US News ranking. In general, I feel that only the Asian parents/students pay a lot of attention to ranking. Harvard is ranked #1 and Stanford is never a top 3 school. Is that really the case? In many's opinion (including mine), Stanford is already a better school. Northwestern is #15 and UC Berkeley never break into top 20. But I will pick UC Berkeley over Northwestern in a heart beat. The solution? Change ranking to tiers. I am perfectly fine admitting that Harvard is a tier above Columbia, and Johns Hopkins is a tier above UCLA. The system is broken, they need to fix it.
Why do credible sites like Forbes use such sketchy and undignified ads?
It is not intentional. But when some websites can not fill all ad slots with direct or native advertising, they open the ads slots to an auction through ad suppliers. This auction uses user data for different companies to bid to show the ad to the users. As some of the less reputable companies chase customers more aggressively than other more traditional brands this results in them putting in higher bids at the auction and then those ads being shown. Both the advertisement and media ecosystem need a major shakeup in terms of quality and commercial outlook.
How do websites like Forbes, Time, etc., embed ads which are region specific?
The method of determining the geolocation of a website visitor and delivering different content to that visitor based on his or her location, such as country, region/state, city, metro code/zip code, organization, IP address, ISP or other criteria.There is lots of ads script (Such as: GeoIP Legacy JavaScript, Geo Targeting Script) and plugin to do that. Like: WP plugin 'Ad Rotate'
Why would a CEO get paid 100 times more than the average employee? Are they worth it?
CEO pay is a very interesting topic; especially considering that CEO's and the very wealthy readily admit (and strenuously argue in the courts) that the majority of their wealth is a result of luck and happenstance and has little to do with their qualifications, experience, ability, insight, or efforts. [1]Some argue that CEO's get paid all this money because theyDeserve it (because they have a lot of responsibility, they are unique in their qualifications, their pay reflects the value they bring to the company...which value includes profits as well as wisdom and experience....)The board said soThis is how free markets workBecause they are enforcing their employment contract ......All of the above are fiction ( with rare exceptions). Considering that 80% of businesses fail by their 5th year [2] , one can readily affirm that 80% of CEO's fail and have no special qualification that distinguishes them from average experienced workers.Free markets do not exist. Like Democracy, the myth of Free Markets exists as an academic or theoretical construct. Successful industrial economies owe their success as much to war, pillage, and exploitation, as they do to innovation, willing association of people, and the respect of private property; with a symbiotic relation between government and business a key to economic success. Enforcement of contracts to benefit CEO's. Indeed, CEO pay is bound by contract, which contracts also apply to workers; except, such contracts are routinely abrogated when it serves corporate interests against worker benefits. Consider the voluminous instances where corporations declare bankruptcy to avoid their obligations (in the billions), then start with a clean slate. General Motors, American Airlines, and most of the major American banks and Wall Street firms are examples of multi-billion dollar bailouts.Forget boards.[1] Are C.E.O.s That Talented, or Just Lucky? - NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/0... [2] Five Reasons 8 Out Of 10 Businesses Fail - Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/eric...
What websites do rich people read?
I’m not sure if the following websites are read by all rich people. But I imagine a lot of rich people (especially those in finance) have some sort of diversifies portfolio of assets that they hold. This may include, bonds, equity, property, commodities etc. So it would make sense for them to go onto major news platforms such as Bloomberg, The Economist and the Financial Times, where they can find out the latest information in relation to the asset class they have investments in.The websites listed above can also provide a snapshot of the important world current events and provide the information required to allow one to best manage their portfolio based on these current events.Hope that answers your question.
Why is my computer lagging so badly? and how can i stop it?
Lag is high ping time - it's due to passing through many routers on the path from your computer to the server you're connecting to. It can also be due to a hot router or something your provider is doing wrong. Call your provider's tech support number. (If it's not happening on the internet, it's not lag. Not every "slowness" on a computer is lag.) If the computer is freezing, it's not lag. It could be overheating. It could be that you're running more program than you have RAM for. It could be that you're running more graphics than your GPU can handle. If you can't troubleshoot the computer you'll have to take it to someone who can. (Programs tend to get larger, and use more resources, as new versions are written. If you've upgraded software, that could also be the cause.)
When playing movies on my computer, it lags badly in fullscreen?
there cn be many reasons for this. 1- have you sent your cpu- that's the hardware, for servicing in the last6mths? if not, then you should. 2- try disk defragmentation of all the storage disks. this sorts your files and clears a lot of space, which helps your pc run fast. u do this by start up menu>accesorries>system tools> disk defragmenter 3- do you shut down your comp straight from the mains without first using the shutdown options in the startup menu? many peopl just pull the plug and that becomes a problem if you do it too many times 4- you may have installed too many accesories, like music players and downloading software, photoshop,etc which makes the comp slow as it takes up LOADS of storage space. try uninstallin unused items 5- do you have too many files on your pc(over 10gb space). for some pc's, this becomes a major problem. they can't process so much info. try deleting unused files. 6- this is the simplest- do u open 2 many windows at once. most old version pc's cant cope with more than 4windows at once.- if you have a version older that 1999windows, please upgrade to windowsXP. u'll notice the efficiency 7- it can be do to some spyware on your comp. to get rid of it, run a good anti-spyware search. norton anti-virus is reliable. 8- if your ram has very lless storage capacity, expand it or use a external harddrive to store most of ur files
Why won't Forbes get rid of their thought of the day?
I think it’s related to SEO and giving more visibility to online advertisements. They are pushing people to see the page for at least 3 seconds which helps in gaining attention towards the ads.Also, they might be doing it to reduce the bounce rate of their articles which helps in SEO. According to Google “Bounce rate is the number of visits in which a person leaves your website from the landing page without browsing any further.”Higher bounce rate tends to lower rankings and vice versa. So, when we go to Forbes articles, click/tap the button “Continue to article”, then to Google, it feels that we interacted with the page/browsed further and Google doesn’t count it as a bounce. It helps because, generally people go to informative websites/blogs like Wikipedia, Forbes etc., read the content, leave the page and Google considers this it as a bounce. So, it’s just a clever thing to trick Google.
How do people get featured on Forbes, Business Insider, Inc, etc.?
Featuring in esteemed publications like Forbes and Business Insider is a dream for many, but only a few can make it come true. These publications get numerous requests and entrees on a daily basis; according to reviewers most of them aren’t worth investing their resources, but only a few catch their attention. Here is what I feel you should do to get the golden ticket to fame.Editors get innumerable submissions, they read a lot every day. So the key to get noticed is a highlighting feature in you. Find what excites these editors and prepare your pitch accordingly. These publications do have external contributors and smaller organizations referring them with useful content. Try and make a decent presence in the market to get noticed.Journalists are your way into the circle. Most publications organize regular events, or sometimes editors and journalists attend various social events. They visit these places for new ideas and in search for a new face. You could find a way to get in touch with the journalists if not the high profile editors.PR agencies and digital marketing agencies stay in touch with journalists. As the journalists are the treasure hunters for the publications, they get a lot of pitching and recommendations. So, in case you have a good PR agency in contact, or you have a good readership or audience, you could present your case to these journalists and try your luck.In case, you fail to reach them directly, try out a few PR or digital marketing agencies to get you into the circle. My colleague is a wonderful writer, but due to the high profile editors are pretty difficult to reach. She got in touch with a lead journalist at Forbes via LinkedIn conversation. I would suggest, don’t waste your energy chasing around; contact a PR agency and get yourself some valuable contacts Or else if you have fund then direct opt for PAID Feature Article Services on top tier publications offered by Mentionology Digital