7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online content item corresponding to the author is about a first topic and the reputation score is further based on a previous reputation score of the author calculated in relation to one or more different online content items of the author also about the first topic that were previously published.
1. A computer implemented online-content management method, comprising: receiving at one or more first computers a plurality of online content items authored by a plurality of authors for online publication; and for each online content item, determining a reputation score for an author of the online content item, where the reputation score is based at least in part on: (a) scores of online content items authored by the author, the scores provided by one or more reviewers other than the author; and (b) an authentication score for the author, the authentication score being a function of determinations made to identify that the author is who the author purports to be; and in response to a query for online content received from a second computer, generating a set of search results including an online content item from the plurality of online content items; and determining a ranking of the online content item in the set based at least in part on a reputation score of the author.