Scribd - The Streaming Paper Technology

I got introduced to this website couple of weeks back. That too through Digg, when I was trying to open a post. The official website of scribd is http://www.scribd.com/. I got extremely fascinated with the site and the way it allows the user to read a document. Scribd looks like a hybrid combination of esnips, google docs, skydrive..Here are my reasons for liking the site and the underlying technology

1) Scribd accepts all major formats like doc, docx, ppt, pptx, pdf, ps, open office formats. You can learn more about the supported formats here.

2) Scribd is a lightweight solution and does not slow down or hang your browser. It sails so smoothly giving a pleasant reading experience. I've embedded some of the documents that I saw in scribd in some of my previous blog posts.

3) Virtually unlimited space to upload your documents. A decent approval mechanism.

4) You can embed any document that you upload to any other website on the fly. User based control to prevent embedding of documents.

5) Analyze the document viewers by location and more..

6) You can automatically convert published content to PDF, MS Word or Text format.

7) An integrated community to share and receive feedback.

8) A dedicated URL for each and every uploaded document.

9) Option to flag offensive content and take immediate action.

10) Strict account termination policies for those who violate content policy.


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