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==Centiare, [[keyword:=a new kind of wiki|a new kind of wiki]]==

==Centiare, [[keyword:=a new kind of wiki|a new kind of wiki]]==

''Wiki but not a wiki ... by most definitions, this directory part of Centiare is not a wiki.''

''Wiki but not a wiki ... by most definitions, this directory part of Centiare is not a wiki.''

:Centiare, '''the free directory'''. Centiare is a directory powered by [[Directory:Mediawiki|Mediawiki]] (MW). How and why web sites are defined by their choice of software is an interesting question. For those that enjoy the shorthand, ok, Centiare is a wiki.

:Centiare, '''the free directory'''. Centiare is a directory powered by [[Directory:MediaWiki|Mediawiki]] (MW). How and why web sites are defined by their choice of software is an interesting question. For those that enjoy the shorthand, ok, Centiare is a wiki.

   

   

''The fact that anyone can write about any company, and not only their own, is bound to cause conflict, even if companies that can prove that they are the “rightful owners” of the company listed, may ask to get editorial control of the relevant article.''

''The fact that anyone can write about any company, and not only their own, is bound to cause conflict, even if companies that can prove that they are the “rightful owners” of the company listed, may ask to get editorial control of the relevant article.''

:This [[http://www.centiare.com/Centiare:Listing#Overview| notice]] is displayed for all new listings:

:This [[Centiare:Listing#Overview|notice]] is displayed for all new listings:

::During this important time of building up our new directory, users are allowed to create Directory Space articles about entities which they do not own or have a legal interest in. Of course, you may not use Centiare to libel others. Also, if and when the rightful owner of an article topic appears, '''they can and will "claim" the space, which will be transferred immediately by a Centiare sysop.'''

::During this important time of building up our new directory, users are allowed to create Directory Space articles about entities which they do not own or have a legal interest in. Of course, you may not use Centiare to libel others. Also, if and when the rightful owner of an article topic appears, '''they can and will "claim" the space, which will be transferred immediately by a Centiare sysop.'''

''Search engine optimization. We find it very doubtful that Centiare pages should perform any better than other pages per se.''

''Search engine optimization. We find it very doubtful that Centiare pages should perform any better than other pages per se.''

:They do because of the RDF (resource description framework) report that is automatically generated at the bottom of each page that uses a semantic attribute and/or relationship. If you click and view the report from this page itself, you might notice that the XML output looks a lot like a sitemap. Also, the URI happens to reference one of the leading W3C semantic web players - you can draw your own conclusions.

:They do because of the [[RDF]] (resource description framework) report that is automatically generated at the bottom of each page that uses a semantic attribute and/or relationship. If you click and view the report from this page itself, you might notice that the [[XML]] output looks a lot like a sitemap. Also, the URI happens to reference one of the leading W3C semantic web players - you can draw your own conclusions.

''The examples given are for rather narrow search phrases, and do not in any way prove the SEO benefits of the concept.''

''The examples given are for rather narrow search phrases, and do not in any way prove the SEO benefits of the concept.''

:[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ned=us&q=littleton+graphics&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nw Littleton graphics]. The Centiare listing is 9 out of 408,000 - see the semantic references (attributes) in the result? A generic search using city-service pairings is probably one of the most widely used search methods.

:Try [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ned=us&q=littleton+graphics&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=nw Littleton graphics]. The Centiare listing ranks 9th out of 408,000 results - see the semantic references (attributes) in the result? A generic search using city-service pairings is probably one of the most widely used search methods.

''We don’t to see why these articles should perform any better than the companies’ own web sites, or for that matter why companies should spend time writing articles about themselves on Centiare, when the main generator of traffic will continue to be search engine traffic to their own web sites, and not Centiare.''

''We don’t to see why these articles should perform any better than the companies’ own web sites, or for that matter why companies should spend time writing articles about themselves on Centiare, when the main generator of traffic will continue to be search engine traffic to their own web sites, and not Centiare.''