DoshTracker
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[edit] History
DoshTracker is a Web site that allows Bank of England notes to be tracked around the country. Its concept is based on Where's George?, which follows American currency, and in the same way allows users to enter the serial number on notes that they own and see where it has been.
Dosh is a British slang term for money.
[edit] Controversy
The site discourages marking the notes with any sort of identification such as a URL, as defacing of bank notes is technically illegal. See also Currency bill tracking.
[edit] Current status
This site originally operated between 2001 and 2006 but was taken down due to lack of free time on the site owner Richard Dutton's behalf, tracking its last note on the 18th May 2006.
The site was relaunched on 1st January 2012.
[edit] Press Coverage
Shortly after the site's launch in 2001, its reputation quickly spread and it gained a relatively large amount of media coverage and reviews from both internet, radio and written media, they included;
- 26 July 2001 - St Petersburg Times [1]
- 11th Oct 2001 - Computer Weekly: Downtime (printed publication (Back Cover))
- 30th Oct 2001 - Yahoo UK & Ireland Pick Of The Day [2]
- 5th Nov 2001 - Yahoo UK & Ireland Pick Of The Week [3]
- 14th Nov 2001 - The Mirror - 'Kelly's i' Site Of The Day (printed publication (page 40) & website)[4]
- 28th Nov 2001 - 103.5 & 95.3 FM BBC Radio Essex's Drivetime Website Of The Week
- 29th Nov 2001 - BBC Radio 5 Live - Simon Mayo - Websites Of The Week: Expert's Choice (radio mention & website)
- 4th Dec 2001 - The Daily Telegraph Website Money Section - City Diary [5]
- 16th Dec 2001 - Wales on Sunday - 'G@me On: Keep Track Of Your Cash'
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sptimes.com/News/072601/Business/Web_site_allows_peopl.shtml
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20021226052614/uk.dir.yahoo.com/new/20011030.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20060106095228/uk.docs.yahoo.com/picks/old/20011105.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20050223091618/www.mirror.co.uk/kellysi/kellysi/page.cfm?objectid=11422838&method=full
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20061209230546rn_1/www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2001/12/04/cxdiary04.xml&sSheet=/money/2001/12/04/ixcoms.html
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