Thanks so much for the info Steve I really appreicate it
Scott On Mar 3, 5:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Definitions of crowd sourcing tend to vary and be quite broad. > Because of this there are a lot of potential examples - it depends on > what you are looking for - but here are a few: > > Although they are rarely mentioned in this area, I think the best > example is Google. Their search algorithm uses information generated > from internet crowds (links, traffic, etc) to help decide which pages > are most relevant to search requests. They've built an amazing > business using crowdsourcing. > > The usual product examples in this area are: Wikipedia, Firefox, > Linux and most other open source software. Innocentive and P&G's > Connect and Develop program are often used for examples of crowd > source innovation. Yahoo Answers and Amazon's Mechanical Turk are > often used when talking about services. > > YouTube is often used as an example. Crowds contribute videos and > YouTube sells ads against them. Craigslist and eBay also do this and > are also used. > > The Audobon society has eBird which uses crowdsourcing to count bird > populations, and the USGS uses crowdsourcing to help measure the range > and impact of earthquakes. > > One of my favorites is Nvohk, which is using crowd funding to raise > money for their business. > > A couple of resources: > > Wired has a crowdsourcing blog: http://crowdsourcing.typepad.com/cs/ > > Open Innovators has a list: > http://www.openinnovators.net/list-open-innovation-crowdsourcing-exam... > > Steve > > On Mar 3, 1:15 pm, Scotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi there I am doing a 20 min webcast group project on crowdsourcing > > and I need to profile a company or product that has been sucessful > > throught the medium of Crowdsourcing. Will you please send some ideas.- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
