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Another example: Searching for “stolen data” now returns the book,
I.T. Wars: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New
Millennium.
Adding human intelligence to book searches could be a big help for
finding material in niche topic areas. However, it seems a feature like
this could be misused by spammers and practical jokers, so it will be
interesting to see whether Amazon can police the system effectively.
However, several types of Search Suggestions are prohibited:
Profanity, obscenities, or spiteful remarks.
Commenting on other search suggestions (other suggestions and
their position in search results can change).
Phone numbers, mail addresses, URLs.
Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information.
Time-sensitive material such as interviews or concerts.
Suggestions which may be “controversial, politically or otherwise.”
Digg
www.Digg.com is a news community run by amateur news buffs
instead of professional news editors. Members submit items of note
they’ve found somewhere on the Web and vote for the ones they like. A
typical entry might read: “A Windmill for Your Backyard? A new,
affordable wind turbine promises to help homeowners fight rising
energy costs.” Readers would click through to the site or blog, read the
original article, then vote it up (digg it) or down (undigg).
If your book or Web site gets voted up on Digg, you can expect a
crush of visitors within minutes.
Originally Digg was narrowly focused on technology news, but in
2006 it expanded into world news, entertainment, politics, and other
topics. Members pride themselves on unearthing noteworthy items that
might be overlooked by traditional news sources.
Items are assigned to a category such as technology, business,
gaming or entertainment. If a story receives enough votes, it’s promoted
to the site’s home page, where it’s often read by hundreds of thousands
of members who often click through to the blog or Web site for further
information, or perhaps blog about it themselves.
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