| 摘要 |
A method and computer system for identifying and displaying popular content without editorial intervention in a user-created directory site (10) on a computer network (13) allows a user on a computer (14, 15, 16) to enter an electronic address such as a link (URL) and create a category for the link, if existing categories of the directory do not match user preferences. The user can also vote on links submitted by the current user or other users. The links, categories and affiliate sites are stored in real time in a database (17) and organized by the site software (11, 12, 18) in real time and without editorial intervention for display on the users computers (14, 15 and 16) according to user votes or other variables, such as user visits to a link, category or affiliate site and other direct and indirect methods of representing user opinion. Users themselves are ranked by the site software (11, 12, 18) in real time and without editorial intervention based on the popularity of links, categories and affiliate sites they submit and the contribution value of their votes based on the consensus with other users. The operation of the main site is replicated in user created sites known as affiliate sites stores in the same database, with links to affiliate sites displayed on the home page based on ranking of such affiliate sites. |
