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    copied!<p>In my application (PHP/MySQL), I need to generate project management links dynamically (using some crawling, etc). Essentially, the user configures their project and specifies the project management methodology (agile, XP, waterfall). It is a free form field, so technically, the user could have entered anything (or left it null). As a new feature, we are thinking of sending a periodic email with some relevant articles about that methodology to the project manager.</p> <p>So, firstly, the problem becomes that this is a free form field, not a drop down. But, this part I have been able to solve more or less using String matching and Levenshtein etc, and about 93% of non null fields from production data match to some known methodology. So, this doesn't seem to practically be an issue. I presume my synonyms will only improve over time.</p> <p>The second question (the one that is not solved) is as to how to find good relevant links. There are two options here:</p> <p><strong>(Option 1)</strong> Say, I use a web crawler to search relevant links for a project methodology. This, I am afraid, leads down the slippery slope of writing a search engine. But if I limit myself to a small set of websites, that may work. [StackOverflow tag search comes to mind.]</p> <p><strong>(Option 2)</strong> Say, I use a Google alert to receive alerts for the known project methodologies, and then deliver that. This may be a no go option due to licensing (I presume Google Alerts are allowed for personal use only, but would love to be wrong.)</p> <p><strong>Do you have any suggestions between options 1 and option 2? Any definite views on legal aspect of option 2? How does the community provide this feature of emailing their users about some "news" about some topic?</strong></p>
 

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