February 29, 2008

AboutUs pagecount tops 11 million*

Filed under: Site Info — Tags: — TedErnst

As of midnight last night, Portland, Oregon time, AboutUs pagecount stands at 11,003,771. Unfortunately, our Mediawiki statistics are broken, so this can’t be directly compared to the pagecounts of other wikis, like Wikipedia. When I dig deeper, here’s what I find:We have user: pages and user talk: pages and template: pages and category: pages and image: pages, some with talk pages as well, same as any Mediawiki wiki. Subtract those out and we have 10,726,646 pages in the main namespace. Of those, 10, 257 are redirects. So that brings us down to 10,716,389. I think most mediawikis also subtract our stubs, and I’m not sure what the definition of stub is. So, it’s a ballpark figure and your mileage may vary. And it’s still fun to say we have 11 million pages.

February 28, 2008

Genexbs.com Featured at AboutUs.org

Filed under: Default, Featured Wiki Page — Tags: , — TedErnst

Genexbs.com Featured at Aboutus.orgFrom: Genexbs.com Featured at AboutUs.org  

 What is AboutUs.org? AboutUs.org is a community portal, managed and built by community itself. It’s a unique way to build information on web; it’s the Wiki way.   

 

February 23, 2008

Portland Start-up Index - February 2008

TechVibes.com released their Portland Start-up Index - February 2008, re-posted by OregonStartups.com (Portland Startups Ranked by Web Traffic and SiliconFlorist.com [1] . There’s some really cool stuff here. Here are the top 10:

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  1. AboutUs (WikiPage)
  2. Discogs (WikiPage)
  3. Kongregate (WikiPage)
  4. MyOpenID (WikiPage)
  5. Splashcast (WikiPage)
  6. Earth Class Mail (WikiPage)
  7. Jive Software (WikiPage)
  8. Sandy (WikiPage)
  9. Gone Raw (WikiPage)
  10. Cliq (WikiPage)

February 22, 2008

Featured WikPage: Free Health Care Providers Reports

Filed under: Featured Wiki Page — Tags: — TedErnst

CiteHealth is a valuable source for reports and information on United States health care providers. Their wiki page is rich with useful information about the various health related services and shows an excellent usage of gallery function to display sample reports.(View Comments)

February 21, 2008

New “What redirects here” feature

Filed under: Site Info — Tags: — TedErnst

We have a new way redirects are handled now. The standard mediawiki way to do a redirect is to show the URL of the redirecting page with the text of the destination page, and a link back (redirected from Example.com). The problem, we think, is that search engines aren’t too keen on having the (mostly) same content on two different pages. Duplicate ContentSo now, when you click on Community, you’re browser will actually show AboutUsCommunity in both URL and content. This means people will bookmark the canonical url, not the shortcut one, which is good for our readers and good for our SEO. It also means that once the search engines catch up, Community won’t appear at all anymore in search results.

So now that the page doesn’t tell you it was redirected, how do you update redirects that need to change? In the site navigation menus, we now have What redirects here, which gives you a list of all redirects to that page, and clicking on the links there will allow you to edit the redirecting page that’s no longer seen by a search engine.

February 20, 2008

Featured WikiPage: BoredGames.co.uk

Filed under: Featured Wiki Page — Saad

Bored Games hosts flash based games that you can play online for free. From classics like Prince of Persia to addictive games in Racing, Shooters, Sports and other, they’ve got what it takes to keep you entertained for hours and they keep adding more games every week! Their wiki page is a good example of Internal Linking to other domain pages they are associated with. (View Comments)

February 14, 2008

Featured WikiPage: Chaos Cafe and Parlor hosted at AboutUs

Filed under: Featured Wiki Page — Saad

Some websites’ about link goes to their WikiPage. Others, like Portland’s Chaos Cafe and Parlor, go one step further and redirect the domain name itself to their WikiPage! At Chaos Cafe And Parlor, not only can you enjoy their delicious menu (also a WikiPage), you can also listen to live music while enjoying a drink. (View Comments)

February 12, 2008

Featured WikPage: UK guide for leisure and entertainment

Filed under: Featured Wiki Page — TedErnst

With a detailed search facility and efficient, easy to use enquiry and booking service Local Nights Out has everything you need to plan your perfect night out throughout the UK. (View Comments)

February 8, 2008

Featured WikPage: Learning Can Be Entertaining

Filed under: Featured Wiki Page — TedErnst

SpeakingBuddy! is free educational software developed to help teach children, motivating them to improve their reading, writing and basic maths skills. (View Comments)

February 6, 2008

Featured WikPage: Club Physical, New Zealand

Filed under: Featured Wiki Page — TedErnst

Club Physical’s friendly team of fitness professionals have established a reputation for operating modern, well managed facilities, which include equipment and classes, an e-newsletter and healthy recipes. (View Comments)

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