Matt Cutts has probably made A LOT MORE THAN YOU. Are you really serious about calling Google and MFA??? Google provides their visitors with TOP QUALITY. And they are not just a search engine. You have been in adsense for 11 years huh? Too bad Adsense has only been around for 5-6 years.
of course you know other mfa'ers... lay down with dogs, wake up with fleas. per the wikipedia link listed earlier: "A search engine is not a scraper"... i understand your confusion, however, google does not compete with other sites for ranking within google.com... mfa scrapers compete with legit websites because both use adsense for content, but google.com gets its income from adsense for search. google.com sends massive traffic to most sites, mfa'ers do not. i think that you are the same shadoze who is on wmw, but that's not much of a recommendation
webmasterworld.com some great minds out there, but as a forum, it was ruined long ago by its own mods... the traffic they get on their adsense forum has dropped to nearly zilch.
Where did I say I've been using Adsense for 11 years? I said I've been in this Biz for 11 years.. if you don't know what THIS biz is..... Maybe, but I wouldn't bet the farm on it unless you know for certain how much BOTH of us have made.. They are not an MFA (Adsense) they are an MFA (adwords) call them what you want, they are scrapers.. just because Wiki says something doesn't make them anymore an authority than anyone else.. their search engine exists for the purpose of generating revenue. Sure they have more than search, but search was what got them there and it is scraped content.. I'm not saying what they do is wrong, but they are scrapers. So is every search engine. They have no more right to scrape content and index it than you or I.. Google News.. scraped content.. again, call it what you want.. they scrape.. and they place paid ads on it. yep and I don't post much there either.. but do take a look at my signup date.. Looks like I was there 5 years before you, so let's see who the NOOB really is.... don't judge a person by how many posts they make in forums.. EOC..