Can we figure out a way to limit the info loaded into the company database to finance related shit? Someone just uploaded the comp info for the army. In addition to this info being available through google, loading stuff like this into the database will fuck up search results, inflate the number of 'firms' for which there is data and allow people to garner access to the database without adding anything to it themselves.
My .02 cents
the problem is since you need to add something to get access and as time goes on more and more shit gets added, you need to start getting creative with what you could possibly add. I mean theres only so many companies out there
GBS, you don't have to add a Company to get access to the Company Database - you just need to add in 1 Company Review, 1 Interview Insight OR 1 Compensation datapoint.
...so not sure why someone would have to get "creative". We review every single submission at the end of the day to ensure quality, and if someone is adding in a fake review (usually pretty obvious given the character restrictions we have put in place), we delete it and block the user from WSO.
Now we haven't specifically put in a rule that says "you can only add in companies and reviews that are related to finance"....we don't have the restriction because many non-finance companies (Coke, Walmart, etc) have financial divisions that are relevant to what people want to research and learn about on WSO.
...So it's tough for us to say no to XYZ company when almost any company has a financial division. But clearly, we haven't seen this become a trend at all. I'd say ~95% of company reviews, compensation and interview insights added have been your traditional Wall Street firms.
In fact, as an update, we are about to hit 2,000 entries and will soon have more reviews and compensation data than the # of companies. A great milestone for a part of the site we only launched a few months ago.
Additionally, we have big plans for the Company Database to make it even more useful (besides the Company Follow feature) and grow even faster.
We are very excited about this initiative and plan on releasing our first reports from the Company Database in early 2013.
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