The Product
Overview Docstsoc allows users to find and share any document. It provides a: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Vast Quantity High Quality Easily Accessible Relevant Documents and Templates For Free In a Social Networking Platform to encourage communication between users
User Generated Content Documents are uploaded by the users. Docstoc does not crawl the web for documents. Users add their content to the system, and Docstoc hosts the documents. When content is uploaded, users 1) categorize, 2) tag, and 3) describe their document so that it can easily be found by other users. In addition users can use bulk upload features where they have the option to 1) drag and drop multiple files or folders into Docstoc or 2) “email upload” by emailing their documents into Docstoc.
Search Users can search by keywords or by categories. The keyword search bar can be accessed from each page on the site. Keyword submissions search for both the titles of documents and their associated tags. Tags are descriptive words and phrases that users attached to docs. The Categorical Search is three levels deep. The first level has five primary categories: legal, business, financial, educational, and creative. Each of those categories has 10 sub categories and each of the sub categories has 10 “sub-sub” categories: providing for 500 different categorizations of documents.
Filter Results Users are able to see how often each document has been downloaded, how it’s rated, its language, the date posted, its file type, the number of comments, and the profile of the user that uploaded the doc. Users are then able to sort their search results by any of these filters.
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Document Preview Users are able to preview all the documents on the site without having to download any files. By sampling clicking on the document title, or by hovering over the document icon, the full document is displayed using adobe flash paper. Users are then able to preview the entire document, true to its original formatting, directly through the site. Furthermore, users can email the documents to a friend or comment and read the reviews of the document, as well as share it on other websites and blogs.
Request a Document If users conduct a search, but can’t find the document there looking for, they have the option to “Request a Doc”. Users enter the title of the document they are looking for, and any descriptive tags, as well as the file type and language. When any other user subsequently uploads a document with those specifications, it will be emailed to the user that requested the doc.
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User Profiles Users can create and view profiles. From their own profile, users can view stats and manage uploaded documents, communicate with other profiles, view recently downloaded files, and manage requested docs. When visiting other profiles, users can send messages, instant message with users online, and view all the uploaded documents of other users. Community Features Users can: - Add docstoc friends - Search for members - See how they rank among users - View all the docs of other user profiles - Post doc summaries to blogs & MySpace using embedded codes - Submit docs to Facebook, digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit, and furl - email docs from their search to a friend -API integration with Google, yahoo, and Facebook - Register and search for blogs
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