Patent ID: 7783652

Claim:
A computer-implemented method to be executed at least in part in a computing device for managing website content, comprising: receiving content from a user to be included on the website, the user submitting the content to the website so that the submitted content can be viewed by other users; determining a trust level of the user, wherein the user's trust level is assigned based on a group of metrics associated with the user's content submittal history, the group of metrics including a first metric based on a duration of the received content on the website, a second metric based on a number of accesses to the received content by other users on the website, and a third metric based on one of a rating assigned by other users to the received content on the website and a credential associated with the user, the user's trust level being assigned based on a weighted combination of the first, second, and third metrics; deploying the received content on a default experience of the website, if the user's trust level is sufficient, the default experience of the website including a combination of managed content and trusted user content, the default experience of the website permitting a viewer of the website to search, browse or download the content from the website only when a quality level on the website is set to a medium level, the viewer being different than the user that submitted the content to the website; and deploying the received content on a low level access setting of the website, if the user's trust level is not sufficient, the low level access setting of the website permitting the viewer of the website to search, browse or download all material at the website only when a quality filter parameter on the website is set to a low level, the viewer being different than the user that submitted the content to the website, wherein the content from the website that is to be searched, browsed or downloaded using the medium level is a subset of the material at the website that is to be searched, browsed or downloaded using the low level.