As I’ve mentioned, Scouta’s main goal is to provide you with great recommendations that match your taste and interests. But, with an aim of making Scouta simple to use, we hid the workings under the hood.

So, I thought I’d put together a simple description of how you can improve the recommendations Scouta provides you.

Add Favorites

The best way to improve the recommendations is to add Favorites from the Internet. Be really specific and link directly to the actual media file: like a .mp3, .mov, .avi, YouTube pages, Google Video page, MySpace Video pages, etc. That way the results are really refined.

Rate

A quick way to improve you ratings, but is a little less specific to you, is to rate items that already exist in Scouta, including those in your Recommendations list. This gives Scouta an insight into what you like and don’t like.

Join or Create Groups

If you’ve joined or created a group, then not only will you find some great Favorites, but Scouta will also be able to take these into consideration.

Add Title, Description, and Tags

Over time Scouta builds up an understanding of your tastes and interests based on keywords that are included in all the details associated with a Favorite. So it’s important to add as much detail to anything you add or rate.

That’s it. Simple isn’t it.

We also aim to make it even simpler, and soon will release the Mac version of our iTunes agent. That way you’ll only need to listen to or watch media in iTunes, on your iPod, or with an Apple TV.

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