The Big Word Project
Type of site | Online Dictionary |
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Owner | Paddy Donnelly and Lee Munroe |
Created by | Paddy Donnelly and Lee Munroe |
URL | thebigwordproject.com |
Launched | February 25, 2008 |
The Big Word Project was a website created by Paddy Donnelly and Lee Munroe, two Masters students from the
In its first week, the project saw thousands of visitors and added more than 2,000 words, thanks largely to a glowing review by the popular
Origin
The collaborative project was set up as part of Paddy and Lee’s Masters course in Multi-Disciplinary Design and drew upon Paddy’s
Paddy went on to research Viral Marketing, looking at how information is spread through word of mouth and the internet and how certain things can become
The project made use of a viral marketing campaign and relied on other people, primarily
Website
Once a word was purchased, that word was then 'redefined' on The Big Word Project, no longer having a traditional meaning but linking to a URL of the owners’ choice. The homepage consisted of a random selection of 100 bought words, and users could click a word to visit the new ‘definition’. Users could search for a word from the list of 170,000 or view them alphabetically. Since January 2010 there is a German version online Das grosse Wort Projekt for the German speaking area.
The site contained a blog following the creators’ studies, press for the project and interesting websites submitted to the project.
The money gained from the site went towards paying their student fees.
References
- ^ University Of Ulster News Release – The Big Word Project
- ^ Irish News: Online dictionary allows users to create and buy new words
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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- ^ Grad Students Redefine Easy Money With $1-a-Letter Web Site
- ^ Thebigwordproject.com - Define a Word | Visit Thebigwordproj Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Irish News Breaking News Player
- ^ Web designers offer letters for a dollar – Belfast Today