Saturday, September 27, 2008

Blog #1 The Truth and Knowledge of Crowds

“The Wisdom of Crowds”- Crowdsourcing

Successful crowdsourcing focuses on a diverse group of people from all different ages, races, genders, and interests. Crowdsourcing should also target people that have different intelligence levels. If the site’s technology or wording is too advanced, than people will be less willing to use that particular site. I don’t use sites with crowdsourcing often. After researching the chosen sites, I think zazzle.com did the best job in effective crowdsourcing. The site permits you to buy, create and sell different articles of clothing and other accessories that target different interests. It can range anywhere from politics to animated cartoons. The website also focuses on different genders and ages. Zazzle.com permits you to get ideas from other people to then create something of your own. The site lists what their consumers see as the “best” or “well-known” items. This is a very effective tool for crowdsourcing. After researching this site, I wouldn’t hesitate to use a site with crowdsourcing because it is clearly extremely easy to use and targets a large amount of diverse people.

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