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User Generated Links

  • Tom Loosemore

{ok, so i know i'm disqualified from winning, but I want to play!}

Rather than just relying on BBC editors to offer better external links, why not ask users to suggest suitable external links, on a per page basis? (as in, 'Here be Great links from this page, suggested by you!')

Would need to be moderated, of course, but it should scale well, and would be a great feedback loop for BBC search, especially if we allowpeople to input do delicious-style tags in addition to the external urls.

Could then run a 'valued user' network, with a heirarchy based on how many links you've had accepted, how often they're clicked on etc.

  • 15 Mar 2005 12:22 PM

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  • 1.
  • On 13 May 2005 04:04 PM,
  • matt cook said:

A simpler way of doing something of similar value would be to patch into DMOZ data via keyword lookup.

Or the secret new BBC Search engine...

  • 2.
  • On 13 May 2005 05:22 PM,
  • SEbasic said:

I like the idea, but can assure you that the BBC would be getting spammed real badly for those links...

I can think of a few people already who would do their best to take advantage of being able to add their own links to the BBC site.

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