AboutUs – Another Wiki Wonder
The concept of Wiki, though suspicious, keeps amusing me with it’s success. When I first came to Wikipedia, and I noticed the word Edit hyperlinked, I asked my self what do they mean? I clicked as most people would, and the big question mark float over my head. I can actually edit the site that way without even signing in? Reading about, and digging further into it, I knew how the world’s free contribution has led to a free huge encyclopedia, up-to-date and comparable to Britannica as reports say. There are many projects based on the Wiki idea, like the WikiTravel and WikiCars for example. Today however, I came across AboutUs.org. It does not have the word Wiki in it, so that’s odd. But it’s basically as it says, a website about websites, that you can edit. Upon searching for URL, if it’s not already indexed, AboutUs automatically tries to fetch the site About Us info, displays some snippets from the site, and gives you the option to edit it. There is also the nominated featured wiki pages, based on users recommendations.
A service like this, though is wonderful, at the same time is very tempting for abuse. The larger it gets, the more people would try to manipulate results for their own good, and it will become a marketing battlefield rather than site info. I mean, who wouldn’t want his site nominated now on the list? And as we saw before, even big companies like Microsoft find it worth to buy public opinion on such open community sites. Let’s just hope this site can survive the flood. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t write about your site there, just be fair. Give it a shot and see how your site is reflected there, or see how mine looks right now here. Since I don’t have an About Us section I assume, my last indexed blog post has been added as site description.
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Ditto.
Off-topic, but have you seen my Manny Calavera sketch? :) I have a quick Guybrush in “scraps,” too. Go to Kroms to see what I mean.
Started using AboutUs.org some time ago. Personally, I find this service very good.
You can edit not only your own sited, but share your knowledge about Internet. Just Great!
Basically boils down to this: Use it with caution now, avoid it like the plague later.