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Subject: Re: [OH-Old-News] Upgrade of NewspaperAbstracts.com!
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:24:38 EST
In a message dated 11/4/03 11:32:33 AM, writes:
<< However, I've encountered a problem. If the name of the submitter is
included, that person's name will show up if you happen to be searching on the
same last name. >>
Yes, I am aware of the problem but don't have a viable alternative.
Since the site is 100% a user-contributed database, the submitter needs to be
acknowledged. We first tried to get around this by assigning the contributor
a number, however as the site, the number of contributors and the number of
coordinators grew, this option became too time-consuming and confusing to
visitors and contributors. The next alternative was to not list the submitters
name on the article, but to list their name on the main county page. This was
not well-received and people stopped contributing because they didn't feel they
were getting the proper acknowledgement for their work, since regardless of
whether they submitted 1 article or 100, they were all getting the same amount
of credit by having their names lumped together on one page. I tried to hide
the submitters name from the search engine by using an exclude statement,
however I then got numerous complaints from submitters because they couldn't find
all of the articles they submitted by entering their name in the search engine.
I have no idea how to fix the issue of the submitters name appearing in
search engine results and at the same time keep contributors happy so they will
continue providing us with this wonderful information. I am open to suggestions.
Have a wonderful evening!
Barbara
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