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{{Infobox website
{{Infobox website
| name = MyWikiBiz
| name = MyWikiBiz
| logo = MyWikiBiz logo.png
| logo = MyWikiBiz logo.png
| logo_size = 135px
| logo_size = 135px
| company_type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| company_type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = 2006
| foundation = 2006
| founder = Gregory Kohs
| founder = Gregory Kohs
| location_city = [[Stuart, Florida]]
| location_city = [[Stuart, Florida]]
| location_country = United States
| location_country = United States
| key_people = Gregory Kohs ([[CEO]])
| key_people = Gregory Kohs ([[CEO]])
| revenue =
| revenue =
| url = {{url|mywikibiz.com}}
| url = {{url|mywikibiz.com}}
| screenshot =
| screenshot =
| caption =
| caption =
| alexa = {{Decrease}} 1,430,673 ({{as of|2017|3|16|alt=March 2016}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mywikibiz.com |title= Mywikibiz.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2017-03-16 }}</ref>
| alexa = {{Decrease}} 1,430,673 ({{as of|2017|3|16|alt=March 2016}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mywikibiz.com |title= Mywikibiz.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2017-03-16 }}</ref>
| website_type = [[Wiki]]
| website_type = [[Wiki]]
| language = [[Multilingual]]
| language = [[Multilingual]]
| registration = Optional (required to edit pages)
| registration = Optional (required to edit pages)
| advertising = [[AdSense]]
| advertising = [[AdSense]] {{citation needed}}
| launch_date = 2006
| launch_date = 2006
| current_status = Active
| current_status = Active
}}
}}


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In his book ''The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It'', [[Jonathan Zittrain]] said that Wales believed that MyWikiBiz had been "spamming Wikipedia with corporate advertisements rather than 'neutral point of view' articles", but also that MyWikiBiz persuaded some Wikipedians to lower objections to an article merely because of its source.<ref name="zittrain">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/futureofinternet00zitt/page/140|title=The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It|page=[https://archive.org/details/futureofinternet00zitt/page/140 140]|year=2008|publisher=[[Yale University]] Press|authorlink=Jonathan_Zittrain|last=Zittrain|first=Jonathan|isbn=0-300-12487-2|url-access=registration}}</ref>
In his book ''The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It'', [[Jonathan Zittrain]] said that Wales believed that MyWikiBiz had been "spamming Wikipedia with corporate advertisements rather than 'neutral point of view' articles", but also that MyWikiBiz persuaded some Wikipedians to lower objections to an article merely because of its source.<ref name="zittrain">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/futureofinternet00zitt/page/140|title=The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It|page=[https://archive.org/details/futureofinternet00zitt/page/140 140]|year=2008|publisher=[[Yale University]] Press|authorlink=Jonathan_Zittrain|last=Zittrain|first=Jonathan|isbn=0-300-12487-2|url-access=registration}}</ref>


''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' said "it's hard to feel too bad for MyWikiBiz," and that "if the encyclopedia is serious about gaining acceptance from academe, surely it has a vested interest in dissuading companies from paying to improve their presence on the site."<ref name="chron" />
''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' said "it's hard to feel too bad for MyWikiBiz," and that "if the encyclopedia is serious about gaining acceptance from academia, surely it has a vested interest in dissuading companies from paying to improve their presence on the site."<ref name="chron" />


In late October 2006, Kohs formed a partnership to promote and market a wiki-based directory at Centiare.com,<ref name="msnbc" /><ref name="sbwire">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbwire.com/news/view/9912|title=Centiare on the heels of Wikipedia|date=2007-01-05|accessdate=2008-08-20|publisher=press release}}</ref> after which Kohs moved its contents to MyWikiBiz.com.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsZOIOerAa0C&pg=PA58&dq=Centiare+to+MyWikiBiz.com&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wkOtUbG2MvDlyAGr74HAAg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Centiare%20to%20MyWikiBiz.com&f=false |title=Semantic Digital Libraries |page=58 |editor1=Sebastian Ryszard Kruk |editor2=Bill McDaniel |editor3=W. William D. McDaniel |year=2008 |accessdate=June 3, 2013 |publisher=Springer}}</ref>
In late October 2006, Kohs formed a partnership to promote and market a wiki-based directory at Centiare.com,<ref name="msnbc" /><ref name="sbwire">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbwire.com/news/view/9912|title=Centiare on the heels of Wikipedia|date=2007-01-05|accessdate=2008-08-20|publisher=press release}}</ref> after which Kohs moved its contents to MyWikiBiz.com.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsZOIOerAa0C&pg=PA58&dq=Centiare+to+MyWikiBiz.com&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wkOtUbG2MvDlyAGr74HAAg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Centiare%20to%20MyWikiBiz.com&f=false |title=Semantic Digital Libraries |page=58 |editor1=Sebastian Ryszard Kruk |editor2=Bill McDaniel |editor3=W. William D. McDaniel |year=2008 |accessdate=June 3, 2013 |publisher=Springer}}</ref>

Revision as of 17:32, 29 December 2019

MyWikiBiz
File:MyWikiBiz logo.png
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Wiki
Available inMultilingual
Founded2006
Headquarters
Stuart, Florida
,
United States
Founder(s)Gregory Kohs
Key peopleGregory Kohs (CEO)
URLmywikibiz.com
AdvertisingAdSense [citation needed]
RegistrationOptional (required to edit pages)
Launched2006
Current statusActive

MyWikiBiz is a wiki directory that allows people and enterprises to write about themselves. The brand began as a service creating Wikipedia articles for paying corporations; the founder and owner of MyWikiBiz, Gregory Kohs, was soon blocked from Wikipedia.[2]

History

Kohs and his sister started the MyWikiBiz venture in July 2006, as a paid editing service, writing content for inclusion in Wikipedia and other community-edited sites. Kohs charged between $49 and $99 USD for articles.[3] At the time, though it was widely known that Wikipedia was used by corporations and public relations firms, such contributions were often hidden, only to be discovered later.[4][5] Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales expressed opposition to the idea of a paid editing service.[3]

A few days after MyWikiBiz was launched, the site's user account was blocked by Wales on the grounds of "paid editing on behalf of customers". It was one of the few such blocks personally by Wales in Wikipedia's history.[6] Wales viewed the problem as one of "conflict of interest and the appearance of impropriety arising from editors being paid to write by the subjects of the articles".[6] He and Kohs reached an agreement, under which Kohs could create "Wikipedia-like" articles on his site and that they could then be "scraped" to Wikipedia by Wikipedia editors. The agreement soon unraveled, and Kohs was blocked from editing Wikipedia.[3][6]

In his book The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It, Jonathan Zittrain said that Wales believed that MyWikiBiz had been "spamming Wikipedia with corporate advertisements rather than 'neutral point of view' articles", but also that MyWikiBiz persuaded some Wikipedians to lower objections to an article merely because of its source.[6]

The Chronicle of Higher Education said "it's hard to feel too bad for MyWikiBiz," and that "if the encyclopedia is serious about gaining acceptance from academia, surely it has a vested interest in dissuading companies from paying to improve their presence on the site."[2]

In late October 2006, Kohs formed a partnership to promote and market a wiki-based directory at Centiare.com,[3][7] after which Kohs moved its contents to MyWikiBiz.com.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Mywikibiz.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. ^ a b Read, Brock (2007-01-24). "Wikipedia Blocks a Pay-for-Play Scheme". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  3. ^ a b c d Bergstein, Brian (2007-01-24). "Idea of paid entries roils Wikipedia". NBC News/Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  4. ^ Peer, Mathias (2006-08-24). "Wikipedia-Artikel, die man kaufen kann (Wikipedia articles that you can buy)". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  5. ^ Noisette, Thierry (2006-08-11). "Wikipedia, nouvel enjeu de relations publiques (Wikipedia, a new issue of public relations)" (in French). ZDNet. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  6. ^ a b c d Zittrain, Jonathan (2008). The Future of the Internet – And How to Stop It. Yale University Press. p. 140. ISBN 0-300-12487-2.
  7. ^ "Centiare on the heels of Wikipedia". press release. 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  8. ^ Sebastian Ryszard Kruk; Bill McDaniel; W. William D. McDaniel, eds. (2008). Semantic Digital Libraries. Springer. p. 58. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
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