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by qeorge 5961 days ago
As I understand it, their algorithm looks for keywords with little to no competition, but at least ~$10/year potential in AdSense revenue. If they can find such a keyword, they pay someone ~$5 to write an article or make a video on the topic.

The result isn't Pulitzer worthy, but its a lot better than you're making it out to be.

Using your example, here's the wikiHow article on "how to make pancakes":

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Pancakes

Its quite informative. How would you suggest they improve it?