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{{WaterCoolerPages|News|The '''news''' section of the water cooler is used for news or updates that are expected to require public discussion, rather than, say, specific actions, or discussion on their own talk pages. Centiare milestones should be posted at [[Centiare:Announcements]]; all other news should go to [[Centiare:Community Portal#Community bulletin board|the community bulletin board]].}}
{{WaterCoolerPages|News|The '''news''' section of the water cooler is used for news or updates that are expected to require public discussion, rather than, say, specific actions, or discussion on their own talk pages. Centiare milestones should be posted at [[MyWikiBiz:Announcements]]; all other news should go to [[MyWikiBiz:Community Portal#Community bulletin board|the community bulletin board]].}}
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== ERB Notification ==
== ERB Notification ==
An [[Centiare:ERB|Editorial Review Board]] policy that explains how copyright protections are provided to contributing authors, along with Centiare's semantic promotional capabilities, has been posted [[Centiare:ERB|here]]. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 17:39, 18 January 2007 (PST)
An [[MyWikiBiz:ERB|Editorial Review Board]] policy that explains how copyright protections are provided to contributing authors, along with Centiare's semantic promotional capabilities, has been posted [[MyWikiBiz:ERB|here]]. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 17:39, 18 January 2007 (PST)
==Entity Relational Tags==
==Entity Relational Tags==
== Greg's Interview ==
== Greg's Interview ==
In case anyone missed it, Greg was interviewed by the [[Directory:Associated Press|Associated Press]] regarding his views about [[Directory:Microsoft|Microsoft]] and paid editing at [[Directory:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]. Follow the link [[Centiare:Reviews|here]] to read the full story. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 13:58, 24 January 2007 (PST)
In case anyone missed it, Greg was interviewed by the [[Directory:Associated Press|Associated Press]] regarding his views about [[Directory:Microsoft|Microsoft]] and paid editing at [[Directory:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]. Follow the link [[MyWikiBiz:Reviews|here]] to read the full story. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 13:58, 24 January 2007 (PST)
== Greg's appearance on G4 television ==
== Greg's appearance on G4 television ==
--[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 05:30, 25 January 2007 (PST)
--[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 05:30, 25 January 2007 (PST)
:::To watch a YouTube clip of the appearance right now, go [[Centiare:Reviews/Can_Wikipedia_be_Trusted|here]]. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 11:02, 29 January 2007 (PST)
:::To watch a YouTube clip of the appearance right now, go [[MyWikiBiz:Reviews/Can_Wikipedia_be_Trusted|here]]. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 11:02, 29 January 2007 (PST)
:A more permanent link to the video is housed [http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/videos/14996/The-Loop-Can-Wikipedia-Be-Trusted.html at the G4 website]. Enjoy. -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 10:18, 25 April 2009 (PDT)
== Front page news? ==
== Front page news? ==
Personally, I think this should go on Centiare's front page for at least a couple of weeks. We need to show our visitors that they are on a site that's '''''already''''' getting page views that are competitive with other major business, news, and academic sites. Our users need to '''tell their friends''' about Centiare, to keep our traffic figure moving up, which will only help their own content get more attention. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 20:08, 28 January 2007 (PST) [[Image:Centiare_traffic_Jan21-27.jpg|thumb|left|800px|Recent Centiare traffic stats, versus the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Small Business Administration, the Baltimore Sun, and Dun & Bradstreet]]
Personally, I think this should go on Centiare's front page for at least a couple of weeks. We need to show our visitors that they are on a site that's '''''already''''' getting page views that are competitive with other major business, news, and academic sites. Our users need to '''tell their friends''' about Centiare, to keep our traffic figure moving up, which will only help their own content get more attention. --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 20:08, 28 January 2007 (PST) [[Image:Centiare_traffic_Jan21-27.jpg|thumb|left|800px|Recent Centiare traffic stats, versus the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Small Business Administration, the Baltimore Sun, and Dun & Bradstreet]]
==Embed==
In case anyone is interested, there's a new parser function called '''<nowiki><embed></nowiki>''' that has been enabled that allows for a greater range of external applications to be run within Centiare. You can read more about it [[MyWikiBiz:Extensions|here]]. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 03:09, 13 February 2007 (PST)
==Squidoo==
I don't know if this is really news per say but I've done some investigation into squidoo and it looks to be ~20-30% similar to centiare in functionality but doesn't really target small business's or individuals. It seems a little like digg actually with user created internet tidbits.
Having a decently similar nature I plugged the site into alexa and found [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.squidoo.com%2F this]. The 804th most popular site on the web! What I want to know is how they jumped from 50,000 to 1,500 in one day back in late 2005 and how we can do the same. [[User:Garrett|Garrett]] 20:24, 14 March 2007 (PDT)
:I'm the last guy to ask about web traffic stats - I just stick to the tech stuff. Greg, on the other hand, has become quite the expert. I'd be interested to hear his perspective. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 20:38, 14 March 2007 (PDT)
::And I'm apparently the last guy at the Water Cooler to see that questions are being directed to me. Sorry. Squidoo's meteoric climb is likely explained by the fact that it's owned/operated by [[Directory:Seth Godin|Seth Godin]], who was already an Internet guru ("permission marketing") with a huge following. On December 8th, 2005, he blogged to his audience only the words "It's ready" and the link to Squidoo. The rest is history. Helps to be famous and THEN launch a website. Though, it certainly hasn't worked for Jimbo Wales and Openserving.com, has it? --[[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 15:17, 18 April 2007 (PDT)
==Dynamic Content==
Everyone should take the chance to review some of the [[Directory:Miniclip|new directory listings]] that have been added for gadget/widget developers. These listings include not only the firms, but also profile some of the gadgets/widgets they've made available at Google, Widgetbox, etc. I believe these types of scripts & extensions are the easiest & most effective way to add dynamic, useful & compelling content to Centiare.
While it is true that Web sites do not benefit from the number of links associated with any particular widget/gadget (ie if 5,000 copies are downloaded, Google does not count 5,000 links), the directory listing itself is still picked up in reference to its semantic tag and ''any external links'' bookmarked as a result of users wanting to re-visit the Centiare listing to read and/or use the information. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 13:07, 15 May 2007 (PDT)
==System Upgrade==
Centiare is now '''[[Special:Version|live]]''' with Mediawiki 1.10 and SemanticMediawiki 0.7! This is a major upgrade with a significant structural changes to both program files and database tables. It will be interesting to see how many other wikis are able to make the transition. Two points of interest:
# If you're using FireFox, you may need to clear your cache to have the newest javascript factboxes and ASK query reports render properly. To clear, just click on the Tools tab, then 'Clear Private Data';
# ASK can now "[[Attribute:Address|page]]" through additional results past any initial limit. (System default is 50, but it can be set lower - see [[Help:Inline queries|documentation]]). However, in order to see additional results, the page variable has to be '''explicitly set'''.<br>That is, while we can still use attribute:=<nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>, where pagename=address, for single page results, any secondary listings need actual hard-coded references eg attribute:=address, etc.
Let me know what you think of the system, including any performance improvements (or degradations), semantic features, ASK, etc. [[User:Snerfling|Snerfling]] 17:51, 28 May 2007 (PDT)
== Wikipedia's loss, MyWikiBiz's gain ==
Once again, we see something [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Roaming-like_services unceremoniously deleted] from Wikipedia, finding a new home [http://www.mywikibiz.com/index.php?title=Roaming-like_services&oldid=71946 here on MyWikiBiz]. I hope they have more success here than there! -- [[User:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz]] 09:25, 23 October 2008 (PDT)
