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Highway driving

Freelance writers at content farms, especially the bottom-feeders of the bunch, are not particularly concerned about writer's block. Some of them never met a block they couldn't write their way around. For these dumbasses, not having a topic isn't a problem because they're not interested in sharing information: they're just interested in the hits that translate into pennies. That's why you find some of the most inane content, chock full of "information" that the entire world already knows, on sites like Seekyt or WritEdge. A prime example is Candice Hubbard's submission to WritEdge, "Top Most Guidelines for Driving Your Car on Highways."¹

Unlike a lot of freelance dumbassery, Candice's little piece isn't packed with errors and misinformation. No, Candice didn't share anything particularly stupid, didn't add 2 plus 2 to get 5, and didn't misinterpret simple scientific principles. What Candice did do is insult the average person's intelligence. Her "top most guidelines" are pretty simple:

• Seat belts (a section mostly about speeding) 
• Pay attention (more about getting a good night's sleep)
• Headlights, etc. (listen to weather reports and watch your gas gauge)

Not bad "advice" coming from someone who claims to be "a driving expert having given Australian driving lessons at several schools in that country." Since Candice also informs us that...

"I have an experienced with an in-depth knowledge in Article Writing and Guest Post. I had thoroughly researched both the technology and application of both article writing and Guest Post writing." ...it's pretty obvious that she probably isn't much help on the written portion of a driving exam. For one thing, her article is mostly about driving safety, yet she didn't use the word in her title; barely uses it at all. For all the "instruction" freelancers get about SEO, it's surprising that she missed so important a keyword. Worst of all, though, is that Candice wastes our time by sharing information with not one damned thing new in it. For that, she gets our Dumbass of the Day award.

¹ This website is now defunct, but you can see the post using the Wayback machine at archive.org. Its URL was   writedge.com/top-most-guidelines-for-driving-your-car-on-highways/

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