ExpertsExchange is at least original content (as far as I know)

I don't get the hating on About.com. There are sub-sites there that I actually read intentionally, e.g., http://heavymetal.about.com/

This sure looks to me like real, original content.

EDIT: how about the courtesy of an explanation for the downvote?

I notice that nowadays, I don't really care where the answers come from so long as they they answer my question. While I tend to look for and click on StackOverflow links and skip efreedom links (just because I want to be loyal to them), I find that I still use eHow and About.com and ExpertsExchange results since I find that the answers there most times help me with what I am seeking -- for me it doesn't matter really that it is the original source of the info or not. I think these sites are better than the true spammy sites that really have no content on the answer to your question, but somehow manage to get up there in the search results.