Comments on: Why algorithms are the future of publishing, but the UK is behind schedule http://psmithjournalist.com/2010/01/why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule Media, technology and journalism from a freelance writer in London Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:14:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: psmith, journalist › Demand Media: The $114 million content machine that has nothing to do with news http://psmithjournalist.com/2010/01/why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 psmith, journalist › Demand Media: The $114 million content machine that has nothing to do with news Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:15:40 +0000 http://psmithjournalist.com/?p=98#comment-1164 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: psmith, journalist › Exclusive: Demand Media now accepting UK, Canadian freelance writers http://psmithjournalist.com/2010/01/why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-443 psmith, journalist › Exclusive: Demand Media now accepting UK, Canadian freelance writers Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:55:42 +0000 http://psmithjournalist.com/?p=98#comment-443 [...] schedule: It’s not quite keeping to the schedule the company set out last year when I interviewed Kydd for paidContent:UK – he puts the delay [...] [...] schedule: It’s not quite keeping to the schedule the company set out last year when I interviewed Kydd for paidContent:UK – he puts the delay [...]

]]> By: Curating the web one story at a time » Demand Media – They Get It. http://psmithjournalist.com/2010/01/why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Curating the web one story at a time » Demand Media – They Get It. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:03:51 +0000 http://psmithjournalist.com/?p=98#comment-216 [...] Why algorithms are the future of publishing, but the UK is behind schedule (psmithjournalist.com) [...] [...] Why algorithms are the future of publishing, but the UK is behind schedule (psmithjournalist.com) [...]

]]> By: psmith, journalist › Book publisher shows HowTo make money from Google ads and free content http://psmithjournalist.com/2010/01/why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-190 psmith, journalist › Book publisher shows HowTo make money from Google ads and free content Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:35:47 +0000 http://psmithjournalist.com/?p=98#comment-190 [...] then took a leaf out of Demand Media’s book and began using SEO techniques to boost page-rankings and commission content based on search trends [...] [...] then took a leaf out of Demand Media’s book and began using SEO techniques to boost page-rankings and commission content based on search trends [...]

]]> By: One Man and His Blog http://psmithjournalist.com/2010/01/why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-52 One Man and His Blog Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:35:33 +0000 http://psmithjournalist.com/?p=98#comment-52 <strong>Afternoon Tea Reading 12th Jan 2010...</strong> The renaming just for Martin (blog, twitter) who asked if I ever drank tea...News International starting to block paid-for aggregators from crawling its sites. The paywall cometh...Which Flip should I buy? Nice analysis of the strengths and weaknesses ... Afternoon Tea Reading 12th Jan 2010…

The renaming just for Martin (blog, twitter) who asked if I ever drank tea…News International starting to block paid-for aggregators from crawling its sites. The paywall cometh…Which Flip should I buy? Nice analysis of the strengths and weaknesses …

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]]> By: Patrick Smith http://psmithjournalist.com/2010/01/why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Patrick Smith Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:49:20 +0000 http://psmithjournalist.com/?p=98#comment-23 Good questions, Alex... Sure, the quality is contested but, like Wikipedia, there <i>is</i> a human editing element too - Demand employs thousands of copy editors. I worry more about how the old model - guessing what might interest people - is going to make any money when other models make more money. Papers should be guided by what editors think is important when it comes to traditional news.... but for everything else, why not find out what your readership and advertisers want and give it to them? No one is suggesting that 100% of a website's stories are commissioned by computer - but if you can use technology to find out what issues, trends and stories are interested in it would be foolish not to use it in my view. Good questions, Alex…
Sure, the quality is contested but, like Wikipedia, there is a human editing element too – Demand employs thousands of copy editors. I worry more about how the old model – guessing what might interest people – is going to make any money when other models make more money.

Papers should be guided by what editors think is important when it comes to traditional news…. but for everything else, why not find out what your readership and advertisers want and give it to them?

No one is suggesting that 100% of a website’s stories are commissioned by computer – but if you can use technology to find out what issues, trends and stories are interested in it would be foolish not to use it in my view.

]]> By: Alex Guest http://psmithjournalist.com/2010/01/why-algorithms-are-the-future-of-publishing-but-the-uk-is-behind-schedule/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Alex Guest Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:45:46 +0000 http://psmithjournalist.com/?p=98#comment-22 Patrick This is a really interesting area of digital media. There are two issues that I see: 1. the quality of Demand Media's output is often contested, much as Wikipedia's was - and still is to some extent. 2. how does a news organisation use algorithms to determine what will interest readers, when it's purpose is to break news? For me, how these two matters play out will play an important role in how online media shapes up in the coming 12-24 months. Alex Patrick

This is a really interesting area of digital media.

There are two issues that I see:

1. the quality of Demand Media’s output is often contested, much as Wikipedia’s was – and still is to some extent.

2. how does a news organisation use algorithms to determine what will interest readers, when it’s purpose is to break news?

For me, how these two matters play out will play an important role in how online media shapes up in the coming 12-24 months.

Alex

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