Its been a busy week for Trovus - Ed has been on holiday so for Jon and I at the shop, it's been all hands on deck (hence not much blogging).

In wider web world the most interesting thing I have seen this week (aside from the lack of blogging at Northern Rock) is the changes being suggested at Wikipedia (reported in the Times Online today) which acknowledges that 7% of internet users every day visit Wikipedia).

The changes (in German only) will restrict instant editing to a group of "trusted editors", who must first earn their status by proving their commitment to the Wikipedia concept. Normal users will still be able to propose changes, but these will have to be vetted by a trusted editor before they appear.

It's interesting that this change is being trialled (I suspect in response to spam and inaccuracies) as some may perceive this as being counter to the wisdom of crowds theory and therefore make the concept less valid. My view is I think its pretty sensible - as with all web2.0 things - have a theory, trial it and see how it works. Once you have tested, you can see if the concept flies. It will be interesting to track what happens and if this is rolled out more widely, and more importantly what happens to the quality of content on the site".

From a business perspective this week, we have met some great people such as Brendan Tutt from IBM (who I am sure Jon will pick up in his blog) and Simon Rogers at Market Sentinel (who have developed some interesting reputation tracking products). I am sure there are lots of other things, but they will have to wait for now as its getting towards 1am and sleep sounds better :)