Webuser.co.uk - 12 January 2008

Website that indexes interviews from the last 150 years goes live

A project to assemble an index of interviews on the web has been launched.

Access Interviews, the brainchild of journalist and author Rob McGibbon, aims to aggregate interviews with celebrities and public figures from the last 150 years.

On the site you'll find links to interviews with the likes of Nigella Lawson, Bill Wyman, Sophie Dahl and Monty Panesar.

The links to the interviews are organised into sections such as Human Interest, Crime and Arts & Theatre. You can also submit interviews that have been published elsewhere online.

McGibbon said that the internet was the perfect tool for creating a searchable index of interviews, something that would have been much more challenging in the past.

"A few years back, something like this would have cost millions and taken a huge team. But I have managed it with a handful of dedicated techies and a belly load of expensive belief," said McGibbon.

McGibbon worked with several major publishing companies to assemble the index, and said that traffic to the site had already been encouraging.

"We have already had respectful traffic during the previous testing weeks. It is amazing how these things spread," he said.