The Value of User-Generated Content: The increased prevalence of user-generated content (UGC) ? discussion groups, blogs, wikis ? on the Internet has caused these media to seep into enterprise environments for uses in a more functional capacity (as opposed to the casual nature we've seen thus far). But does UGC have any place on a corporate intranet populated with content engineered by official intranet content providers? Can users and UGC create some kind of content Utopia where users selflessly share their expert knowledge without expecting any personal gain, or is it going to be a case of the inmates running the asylum?
E, já agora, para ler todo, Our Columnist Creates Web 'Original Content' But Is in for a Surprise: In fact, search engines are more like a TV camera crew let loose in the middle of a crowd of rowdy fans after a game. Seeing the camera, everyone acts boorishly and jostles to get in front. The act of observing something changes it.
Which is what search engines are causing to happen to much of the world's "information." Legitimate information, like articles from the WHO, risks being crowded out by junky, spammy imitations. Nothing very useful about that.
