Curate Google+ Content with scoop.it
Scoop.it is an exciting publishing platform that has been around for quite some time. It came out of private beta just a short while ago. It is a content curation tool that lets its users create online magazines from their favorite sources of information. You do not even have to be a blogger to take advantage of this platform. Users of this service can use content from Twitter, YouTube, and Digg to build their magazine. If you happen to have a blog, you can add its RSS feed to your magazine.
What if you don’t have a blog and don’t want to rely on other people’s content to make your online newspaper? Just go to the “Curate” page and add a new post to your magazine. Let’s say you want to add your Google+ posts to your e-newspaper. Just grab the link for each individual post and add it as a new post.
If you are in love with content curation, you are going to love playing around with Scoop.it. I found the platform to be easy to use though the interface could be a bit more intuitive. You could create highly valuable topic pages with this service if you are creative with all the sources of information available to you.
5 Comments
Marc
12.08.2011
Many thanks for this post on Scoop.it and glad you like the service
(I'm Marc, co-founder and president).
Just a few more details:
- the suggestion engine searches Twitter, Youtube and Digg as you mention, but also Facebook, Google News, Blogs and Videos
- you can also add content directly from a bookmarklet, in one click "on the go" while browsing the web; and also from other users who can suggest to you
- you can select and edit content, but also share it by connecting your topic to your social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, WordPress, Tumblr)
And more other features, including a soon to come mobile app. And we will do our best to improve the interface! Your feed back is precious to us
Cyrus
12.08.2011
Marc, thank you so much for clarifying. This was not meant to be a review so please forgive the short piece. We will post one on another site in our network.
The service has huge potential. I am a big fan.
Marc
12.08.2011
Thanks Cyrus. I do undertand the value of a short piece: this is, after all, the essence of curation
Thanks again for your support! And please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question or comment.
jnferree
12.29.2011
I'm also a big fan of Scoop.it Not only coz its very easy to use once you install their bookmarklet so you can add new content to the right topic, but once your topic hits a certain point, it tends to attract more readers and followers. Not sure about the link juice that comes with this portal, but that's not my main driver anyway. What is appealing and what I opt-in to get alerts is how many times my content gets re-scooped and shared – i like when that happens.
Cyrus
12.30.2011
I agree.
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