An article which appears in an internet search, providing false or misleading information about the subject in question. An article written with the intention of misleading potential consumers down a self-promoting path via half-truths, misnomers and/or difficult to decipher reasoning.
I wanted to know more about how to prepare for my divorce, but all I found was this farticle entitled "No One Ever Really Pays Child Support," written by a sleazy attorney pictured on the purple velour sofa in his office waiting room.
far·ti·cle (fahr-ti-kuhl) noun, verb, -cled, -cling.
a written work on a specific topic that is part of publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, containing purported nonfiction but primarily characterized by emissions of noise and hot air.
"Farticles are not news."
"Magazines are sometimes full of buzz farticles composed to attract consumers to advertisers."
"Male writers who mistake a rigid appendage for a pen generate farticles to hear themselves write."
"She was farticling her indigestion as opinion again." (verb)