Dummy Freelancer Overwrites His Topic

It's called a power line...

Those who write for Demand Media Studios are paid a flat fee for most of their work, and are held to exacting (though not necessarily high) standards for their work. One of those standards used to be a minimum word count: for most articles, 300-500 words was "desirable," ostensibly because SEO demanded that length. This requirement often led to the hilarious padding of content with tangential and extraneous information. A classic example the article written by Joseph West for eHow, "How to Get Electrical Power From the Road to a House in a Rural Property" (now at Hunker.com, but still stupid).

West pumped out around 300 words to answer this question, with sections such as "work with your electrical company" and "work with an electrician." The advice included such juicy bits as  "Draw up plans for the wiring inside the house and give them to your electrician. Make sure to consult local building codes, which often contain extensive specifications regarding outlets, lights, exhaust fans, smoke detectors and other electrical equipment." Of course, the real answer to the question is pretty simple: You have two choices: a buried supply line or a supply line on poles.

For posting a 300-word essay answer a question that he could have easily answered in fifteen words, and for burying any useful information under an avalanche of claptrap, Joseph West is the Antisocial Network's Dumbass of the Day.

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