The Rise of Behavior Generated Content

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In 2009 there was a huge emergence of a new* type of content that was accelerated by the efforts of services trying to increase their virality through social networks: behavior generated content (BGC).

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Is this the same concept as the 'Implicit Web'? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit_Web

How do people feel about using behavior generated content on their sites? Is there anyone who has seen a significant benefit to incorporating that? It does seem to be on the rise but I'm not sure what data is out there to support the idea that it is useful. (Although I'd like to find it if anyone has any leads.)

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