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'''MyWikiBiz''' is a [[wiki]] directory [[business]] that at one time created [[Wikipedia]] articles for paying [[corporation]]s. The current site at MyWikiBiz.com allows people and business enterprises to author their own legacy on the Internet, using a [[semantic web]] version of the famous [[Directory:Wikimedia_Foundation/MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software. The MyWikiBiz directory contains over 30,000 pages of content about corporations and individuals.
According to its main page:
<blockquote>''MyWikiBiz is a new directory where you can author your legacy on the Internet. We think you are notable, even if Wikipedia has rejected an article about you or your enterprise as being "non-notable". With MyWikiBiz, you create a beautiful, reader-friendly page that will get picked up by Google, Yahoo!, and MSN Search engines.''</blockquote>
== Business propositions ==
MyWikiBiz suggests several reasons for contributing content to its directory. Unlike traditional encyclopedias, editors who are legally responsible for the entity they are writing about may "protect" their advocate point-of-view, without fear of someone else altering their content. Editors also earn money at MyWikiBiz by authoring a popular page, embedding [[Google]] AdSense ads within it, and keeping 100% of the revenues generated from that page's advertising. Page owners may also advertise and sell their products and services on MyWikiBiz. Contributors who are more interested in the community-edited dynamic of an encyclopedia like Wikipedia can do so with any topic that is not about a legal entity, such as "Jupiter" or "chess".
== History of the site ==
=== Paid editing ===
Gregory Kohs and his sister started the MyWikiBiz venture in [[Pennsylvania]] in [[July]] [[2006]], initially as a paid editing service for encyclopedic content for inclusion in Wikipedia and other community-edited sites. Its tiers of service were priced at $49, $79, and $99. Kohs stated his intention to make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view neutral], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources footnoted] content, and expected the general public to continue altering the articles he worked on. Though no official Wikipedia policy prohibited paid-for contributions, Chairman Emeritus of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] [[Jimmy Wales]] first called the commercialized editing "antithetical". 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 Wikipedia and other GFDL sites. Over the course of late 2006, though, [[finance|financial]] [[conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]] became regulated under Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflicts_of_interest] In [[October]] 2006, Wales aggressively reversed his earlier compromise with MyWikiBiz, banning the account from Wikipedia and cautioning any business from using its services.
=== Centiare alliance and takeover ===
In late October 2006, the owner of Centiare.com reached out to Kohs to form a partnership that resulted in Kohs promoting and marketing the alternative wiki directory at Centiare. This effort gained strength through early 2007, but ultimately began to fade. When Centiare's owner opted to pull the plug on the site, Kohs negotiated a transfer of the entire contents of Centiare.com to MyWikiBiz.com. Thus, MyWikiBiz has undergone a substantial re-branding and re-purpose from its original mission.
== External links ==
*[http://mywikibiz.com/Main_Page MyWikiBiz]
*[http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/view_press_release.php?rID=16892 Original Press Release]
*[http://www.centiare.com/Directory:MyWikiBiz MyWikiBiz listing on Centaire.com]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/MyWikiBiz MyWikiBiz's Wikipedia contributions]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:MyWikiBiz MyWikiBiz's Wikipedia block log]
'''News coverage'''
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16793247/ "Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia"] Brian Bergstein, [[Associated Press]], January 24, 2007.
*[http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1831/wikipedia-blocks-a-pay-for-play-scheme "Wikipedia Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme"], Brock Read, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 24, 2007
*[http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article147789/Wikipedia-Artikel_die_man_kaufen_kann.html "Wikipedia-Artikel, die man kaufen kann"], Von Mathias Peer, Die Welt, August 24, 2006
*[http://dan.tobias.name/controversies/cyber/wiki.html "Wikipedia Controversies: Victims of Wikipedia.... or Wiki Whiners?"], Dan Tobias, Dan's Political and Controversial Site
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-08-14/Wikimercenaries "Editing for hire leads to intervention"] ''Wikipedia Signpost''. August 14, 2006.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-10-09/MyWikiBiz "Account used to create paid corporate entries shut down"] ''Wikipedia Signpost''. October 9, 2006.
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'''MyWikiBiz.com''' ('''MyWikiBiz''') is a [[United States|U.S.]] [[Internet publishing and broadcasting|Internet publishing]] [[firm]], headquartered in [[Directory:West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]], [[Directory:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]. MyWikiBiz specializes in helping commercial enterprises optimize their presence in wiki spaces.
'''MyWikiBiz.com''' ('''MyWikiBiz''') is a [[United States|U.S.]] [[Internet publishing and broadcasting|Internet publishing]] [[firm]], headquartered in [[Directory:West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]], [[Directory:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]. MyWikiBiz specializes in helping commercial enterprises optimize their presence in wiki spaces.
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:--Semantic web expert, Harry Chen, covers Centiare with [http://www.geospatialsemanticweb.com/2007/01/05/centiare-semanitc-mediawiki-opens-for-business "MediaWiki Opens for Business"].
:--Semantic web expert, Harry Chen, covers Centiare with [http://www.geospatialsemanticweb.com/2007/01/05/centiare-semanitc-mediawiki-opens-for-business "MediaWiki Opens for Business"].
:--IdeaGrove was the very first blog to profile Centiare, with a story entitled [http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/12/move-over-yellow-pages-here-comes.html "Move Over Yellow Pages"].
:--IdeaGrove was the very first blog to profile Centiare, with a story entitled [http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/12/move-over-yellow-pages-here-comes.html "Move Over Yellow Pages"].
