Why do pages need to have 300 words in the guide note?
For me, the "Ten word Wiki" has clearly proven that most topics can be described in ten words, as long as they are clear. The example they give on their front page:
--Quote--
''Lance Armstrong:
'' Inspirational unitesticled cycling legend. Singlehandedly invented the rubber wristband industry.
''Really what more do you need to know?
--Unquote--
What's your opinion?
(Ten word wiki: http://www.tenwordwiki.com/ )
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Some current entries:
iPhone - What you have in your pocket, unless your are poor.
Roger Federer - Swiss tennis player with the personality of a tree frog.
Football - Gentleman's game played by hooligans- you kick a ball about.
American Football - Rugby with Padding And Helmets, Fast Game That Lasts Hours
Anyway... on your more general point... as @opher said, the 300 word rule is more about getting pages to rank better in search engines than about what it takes to describe a topic. On very niche topics, 300 words sometimes means talking around the subject much more than about the subject itself.
There is this page called Asus W7S Battery Life for example.
The useful info on the page is the Fast Fact: "Expected Battery Life: 2-3 Hours".
Personally I often found Mahalo more useful when it had just a very concise guide note of two paragraphs, and a Top 7 of carefully selected links. Now the carefully selected and annotated links are gone, and instead some of the content from them is brought into the page itself. That's better for revenue, but not necessarily more useful when trying to find info on a subject.
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Having said that, the reason for requiring 300 words in the guide note on Mahalo is that this optimizes the Google ranking of Mahalo pages. Having fewer original words causes your Mahalo pages' rank in SERPs to drop, reducing the ad revenue for Mahalo, the PM, and the VM. Since Mahalo's decisions are almost entirely based on trying to maximize revenue (and hopefully profit at some near-term future point), this overrides any consideration of "less is more".
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