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| '''MyWikiBiz''' is a ] directory that allows people and enterprises to write about themselves. The brand began as a service creating ] articles for paying ]s, which hibernated when the owner of MyWikiBiz, Gregory Kohs |
'''MyWikiBiz''' is a ] directory that allows people and enterprises to write about themselves. The brand began as a service creating ] articles for paying ]s, which hibernated when the owner of MyWikiBiz, Gregory Kohs was banned from Misplaced Pages.<ref name="chron">{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1831/wikipedia-blocks-a-pay-for-play-scheme|title=Misplaced Pages Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme|publisher=]|date=2007-01-24|last=Read|first=Brock|accessdate=2008-08-27}}</ref> {{As of|2010|2|url=http://www.mywikibiz.com/Special:Statistics}}, the MyWikiBiz directory contained over 55,000 pages of content about corporations and individuals. The business is headquartered in ], ].<ref name="msnbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16793247/|title=Idea of paid entries roils Misplaced Pages|authorlink=Brian_Bergstein|last=Bergstein|first=Brian|date=2007-01-24|accessdate=2008-08-20|publisher=]/]}}</ref> The site was founded by Gregory Kohs, a market researcher.<ref name="chron"/> | ||
| Professor ] of the ]’s ] discussed the case of MyWikiBiz in his book ''The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It''.<ref name="zittrain">{{cite book|url=http://yupnet.org/zittrain/archives/16#48|title=The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It|page=140|year=2008|publisher=] Press|authorlink=Jonathan_Zittrain|last=Zittrain|first=Jonathan|isbn=0300124872}}</ref> Kohs appeared on '']'' on January 25, 2007, and discussed MyWikiBiz.<ref> | Professor ] of the ]’s ] discussed the case of MyWikiBiz in his book ''The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It''.<ref name="zittrain">{{cite book|url=http://yupnet.org/zittrain/archives/16#48|title=The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It|page=140|year=2008|publisher=] Press|authorlink=Jonathan_Zittrain|last=Zittrain|first=Jonathan|isbn=0300124872}}</ref> Kohs appeared on '']'' on January 25, 2007, and discussed MyWikiBiz.<ref> | ||
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39°56′23″N 75°36′42″W / 39.939586°N 75.611783°W / 39.939586; -75.611783 (MyWikiBiz)
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
| Type of site | Wiki |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | West Chester, Pennsylvania, US |
| Founder(s) | Gregory Kohs |
| Key people | Gregory Kohs (CEO) |
| URL | www.mywikibiz.com |
| Advertising | Google AdSense |
| Registration | optional(required to edit pages) |
| Launched | 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
MyWikiBiz is a wiki directory that allows people and enterprises to write about themselves. The brand began as a service creating Misplaced Pages articles for paying corporations, which hibernated when the owner of MyWikiBiz, Gregory Kohs was banned from Misplaced Pages. As of February 2010, the MyWikiBiz directory contained over 55,000 pages of content about corporations and individuals. The business is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The site was founded by Gregory Kohs, a market researcher.
Professor Jonathan Zittrain of the Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society discussed the case of MyWikiBiz in his book The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It. Kohs appeared on Attack of the Show! on January 25, 2007, and discussed MyWikiBiz. Heise Online expressed a suspicion that while MyWikiBiz’s “attempted corporate infiltration” of Misplaced Pages was discovered, MyWikiBiz was not an isolated case.
History and Misplaced Pages controversy over paid editing
Gregory Kohs and his sister started the MyWikiBiz venture in Pennsylvania in July 2006, initially as a paid editing service, writing content for inclusion in Misplaced Pages and other community-edited sites. The idea came from Misplaced Pages’s Reward Board, where interested parties would offer cash rewards or gifts to create or improve Misplaced Pages articles. MyWikiBiz’s prices ranged between $49 and $99 for adding entries that conformed to Misplaced Pages's standards and policies. No official Misplaced Pages policy prohibited paid-for contributions at the time. Kohs argued that there were tens of thousands of clearly notable companies and nonprofit organizations unrepresented on Misplaced Pages.
Misplaced Pages's Jimmy Wales called the commercialized editing "antithetical" to Misplaced Pages’s mission and "absolutely unacceptable" and blocked Kohs' account from editing Misplaced Pages. However, in August 2006, Wales issued a "mutually beneficial" compromise where he encouraged MyWikiBiz to author and post content on a GFDL-compliant section of MyWikiBiz.com, which could then be scraped by non-paid, independent editors into Misplaced Pages and other GFDL sites.
In October 2006 Wales again banned Kohs from Misplaced Pages, and cautioned any business from using its services, which, according to Kohs, caused MyWikiBiz to go into "hibernation". In late October 2006, Kohs formed a partnership to promote and market a wiki-based directory at Centiare.com, but when the site's owner pulled the plug on the site, negotiated a transfer of its contents to MyWikiBiz.com
References
- ^ Read, Brock (2007-01-24). "Misplaced Pages Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ Bergstein, Brian (2007-01-24). "Idea of paid entries roils Misplaced Pages". MSNBC/Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ^ Zittrain, Jonathan (2008). The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It. Yale University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0300124872.
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dvinson (2007-01-15). "Attack of the Show: Blog, January 15, 2007". Attack of the Show: Blog. G4TV. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
Gregory Kohs, webmaster for mywikibiz.com and Molly Wood, the Executive Editor from C-Net join us tonight at 7PM to discuss!
- Jellen, Richard (2007-03-31). "Edit-War um Friedrich Merz (Edit War on Friedrich Merz)" (in German). Heise Online. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- MyWikiBiz.com (2006-08-08). "MyWikiBiz press release: Misplaced Pages - Open For Business". 24-7 Press Release. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- Metz, Cade (2008-02-06). "Misplaced Pages ruled by 'Lord of the Universe'". The Register. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- Peer, Mathias (2006-08-24). "Misplaced Pages-Artikel, die man kaufen kann (Misplaced Pages articles that you can buy)" (in German). Die Welt. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- Noisette, Thierry (2006-08-11). "Misplaced Pages, nouvel enjeu de relations publiques (Misplaced Pages, a new issue of public relations)" (in French). ZDNet. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- Wales, Jimmy (2006-08-09). "MyWikiBiz". WikiEn-L. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- "Centiare on the heels of Misplaced Pages". press release. 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
