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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Content Curation Explained

Content curation, a term that gained popularity in 2010, is the art of culling relevant, valuable and useful information from the vast ocean of data, and presenting it in a cohesive, interesting and comprehensive style that gives a 'big picture' view of a specific niche topic.

No longer can anyone claim that they can peruse and make sense of all the content that exists (and is being constantly added) on even a very narrow range of subjects.  47 million websites were added in 2009 and an estimated 550 billion documents exist online today.

The role of a content curator was first proposed around 2004, when the catchy term 'Newsmastering' was introduced by Robin Good of MasterNewMedia.com to describe a dedicated content analyst who would gather, collate and categorize content from various sources and compile it for consumption by those who are interested.

<b>What makes content curation necessary?</b>
Read about the three factors that drive the demand for content curation on the Infopreneur Blog in an article titled:
"Content Curation - How Infopreneurs Can Quickly Add Value"


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