MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy — Saturday December 28, 2024
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− | Hi '''{{{1}}}''', thank you for setting up a User account at '''[[Directory:Centiare|Centiare]]'''. Having taken the steps to become a member now, you're really getting an insider's view of a new and exciting Internet property. Imagine if you were one of the first 50 users of '''MySpace''', '''Slashdot''', or '''Wikipedia'''! Centiare was set up to utilize the fantastic [[Directory:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] collaboration and editing tool for both personal and commercial directory content. | + | Hi '''{{PAGENAME}}''', thank you for setting up a User account at '''[[Directory:Centiare|Centiare]]'''. Having taken the steps to become a member now, you're really getting an insider's view of a new and exciting Internet property. Imagine if you were one of the first 50 users of '''MySpace''', '''Slashdot''', or '''Wikipedia'''! Centiare was set up to utilize the fantastic [[Directory:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] collaboration and editing tool for both personal and commercial directory content. |
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| What makes Centiare different? Well, we've added all sorts of interesting extensions and modifications to increase functionality, not the least being: | | What makes Centiare different? Well, we've added all sorts of interesting extensions and modifications to increase functionality, not the least being: |
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| :*Contributors must first register with a non-throwaway e-mail address, so there is a '''higher degree of authenticity''' among users. Make sure you check your e-mail and respond to the confirmation message from Centiare! <font style="background:yellow">You must click on the link provided in that message, in order to activate your Centiare account.</font> Some users have reported that this message can end up in a spam folder. | | :*Contributors must first register with a non-throwaway e-mail address, so there is a '''higher degree of authenticity''' among users. Make sure you check your e-mail and respond to the confirmation message from Centiare! <font style="background:yellow">You must click on the link provided in that message, in order to activate your Centiare account.</font> Some users have reported that this message can end up in a spam folder. |
− | :*Contributors are encouraged to take [[user-owned|ownership]] of [[Centiare:Directory_namespace|Directory]] articles about themselves or their enterprises. You may write as an opinionated advocate in the Directory -- neutrality is not required. You can sell products, promote videos, upload documents, even place some Google AdSense ads. You should start now by typing some content onto your ''own'' '''[[User:{{{1}}}|User page]]''', so that another contributor doesn't (inadvertently) claim ownership to your page by being the first to author content on it. | + | :*Contributors are encouraged to take [[user-owned|ownership]] of [[Centiare:Directory_namespace|Directory]] articles about themselves or their enterprises. You may write as an opinionated advocate in the Directory -- neutrality is not required. You can sell products, promote videos, upload documents, even place some Google AdSense ads. You should start now by typing some content onto your ''own'' '''[[User:{{PAGENAME}}|User page]]''', so that another contributor doesn't (inadvertently) claim ownership to your page by being the first to author content on it. |
− | :*Because the [[Semantic tagging|Semantic Web]] is installed on Centiare, searches can be performed that wouldn't be possible on Google, MySpace, or Wikipedia. For example, you might envision this search: "Locate all home heating oil companies, at least 50 years in business, in the state of New Jersey." You learn how to construct that kind of query [[Centiare:ASK|here]]. | + | :*Because the [[Semantic tagging|Semantic Web]] is installed on Centiare, search engine results are highly [[Centiare:Search Engine Optimization|optimized]]. Internal searches can also be performed that wouldn't be possible on Google, MySpace, or Wikipedia. For example, you might envision this search: "Locate all home heating oil companies, at least 50 years in business, in the state of New Jersey." You learn how to construct that kind of query [[Centiare:ASK|here]]. |
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| We encourage you to get started by '''being bold''' -- go ahead, [[Centiare:Listing|add a listing]]. It can be for yourself, your business, a non-profit organization that you admire, or even just any "ordinary" topic under the sun. | | We encourage you to get started by '''being bold''' -- go ahead, [[Centiare:Listing|add a listing]]. It can be for yourself, your business, a non-profit organization that you admire, or even just any "ordinary" topic under the sun. |