On 08/01/2008, Martin Belam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used to face this kind of question when doing the analysis of search > logs at the BBC to produce the "popular searches right now" list. > > Obviously I used to filter out obscenities, but, for example, > something like 'big brother' or the 'x-factor' would generate a lot of > searches on bbc.co.uk, but were not BBC programme - so should the BBC > 'censor' what they were showing back to the user as user activity? > > Personally I would rather the most read/most emailed reflected exactly > what the user was doing, and wasn't "most emailed stories from the > last 7 days excluding the also in the news section because we are the > BBC and we want our readers to look very serious all the time"
That misses the point - a casual reader (and even some regular readers) can be misled by those links pointing to old news. The 'Most Emailed' links are presented under a headline 'Most Popular Stories Now', and next to a section 'Around the world now' (on the page I'm looking at) which implies that the stories are current. It's a fine objective to show real data (although dubious when it reflects 'gaming'), but it must be clear to the reader what the context is of what you're showing. Peter - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
