Comments on: Non-traditional sources cloud Google News results http://www.ojr.org/050519ulken/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=050519ulken Focusing on the future of digital journalism Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David Lewis http://www.ojr.org/050519ulken/#comment-237 David Lewis Wed, 25 May 2005 08:44:56 +0000 http://www.ojr.org/?p=548#comment-237 The findings need to be further refined. However, with the patent that Google has (or has applied for, I don’t remember which), it’s clear that Google realizes that they have a problem and need a weighting mechanism.

Let’s be honest, Google is using the citation analysis techniques first developed by ISI. However, even ISI uses an editorial review process to determine which sources are including in their databases. This is a no-brainer next step for Google.

Why not just take the 7,000 sources listed in Bacon’s Internet Media Directory and put them through an editorial review process? This would seem like the best solution.

Also, Google (and Yahoo, for that matter) can offer a feature similar to CyberAlert’s IntelliClips whereby users, if they want, can select which sources they want scanned.

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