Yahoo is Back With a Journalism Site Links

Yahoo has begun, after all, as a directory of links collected by hand and carefully graded. The giant (with feet of clay) is now back at curatoring links with his latest project led by journalist Andrew Golis, debauched home Talking Point Memo, one of the best references that is on-line journalism .

“The site will be a combination of curatoring links and exclusive reports” Golis reported on his personal blog, “with social ties and sharp and clever writing,” “I’ll put together a team to bring news sites The most popular U.S. in the link economy. ”

One can easily imagine that this new site will be powered by a multitude of search technology designed to highlight the best content, but creating this kind of site, Yahoo surfs the impression shared by many users on the frenetic pace of information flows: they are more interesting to go if they can combine an editorial written by men and algorithms. Curatoring the link is a hot topic for some time, and this can only intensify in the future, the job of curator of links may even become particularly sought after.