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	<title>Comments on: Wikia Raises $4 Million</title>
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		<title>By: Wikiasari &#124; Technically Speaking</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-602559</link>
		<dc:creator>Wikiasari &#124; Technically Speaking</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Wikiasari is going to be the new search engine that is lauched by Wikia. They raised $4 million earlier this year from Amazon. It will be clearly aiming for the search market that Google has. The quote from founder Jimmy Wales is as follows: [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Wikiasari is going to be the new search engine that is lauched by Wikia. They raised $4 million earlier this year from Amazon. It will be clearly aiming for the search market that Google has. The quote from founder Jimmy Wales is as follows: [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Media-Blog &#187; Bekommt Google bald Konkurrenz? Jimmy Wales plant Suchmaschine Wikiasari</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-587743</link>
		<dc:creator>Media-Blog &#187; Bekommt Google bald Konkurrenz? Jimmy Wales plant Suchmaschine Wikiasari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Wikia has raised over $4 million in capital, including a recent round by Amazon.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Wikia has raised over $4 million in capital, including a recent round by Amazon.&#8221; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Techcrunch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wikipedia to Launch Search Engine: Exclusive Screenshot</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-586383</link>
		<dc:creator>Techcrunch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wikipedia to Launch Search Engine: Exclusive Screenshot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Wikia has raised over $4 million in capital, including a recent round by Amazon. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Wikia has raised over $4 million in capital, including a recent round by Amazon. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Start-up.co.nz &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wikia gets second round of funding from Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-506802</link>
		<dc:creator>Start-up.co.nz &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wikia gets second round of funding from Amazon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] In March, we reported that the company received $4 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and Omidyar Network, with participation from angel investors Dan Gillmor, Reid Hoffman, Joichi Ito, and Mitch Kapor. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] In March, we reported that the company received $4 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and Omidyar Network, with participation from angel investors Dan Gillmor, Reid Hoffman, Joichi Ito, and Mitch Kapor. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Wikia Gets An Undisclosed Amount Of Funding From Amazon &#187; JenIT</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-499927</link>
		<dc:creator>Wikia Gets An Undisclosed Amount Of Funding From Amazon &#187; JenIT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] In March, we reported that the company received $4 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and Omidyar Network, with participation from angel investors Dan Gillmor, Reid Hoffman, Joichi Ito, and Mitch Kapor. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] In March, we reported that the company received $4 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and Omidyar Network, with participation from angel investors Dan Gillmor, Reid Hoffman, Joichi Ito, and Mitch Kapor. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ &#187; Wikiaにアマゾンが出資、調達額は非公開</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-492533</link>
		<dc:creator>TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ &#187; Wikiaにアマゾンが出資、調達額は非公開</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] 今年3月にBessemer Venture PartnersとOmidyar Networkから計400万(4M)ドル調達したと報じた際には、Dan GillmorとReid Hoffman、Joichi Ito、Mitch Kaporらエンジェル投資家が出資に参画していた。 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] 今年3月にBessemer Venture PartnersとOmidyar Networkから計400万(4M)ドル調達したと報じた際には、Dan GillmorとReid Hoffman、Joichi Ito、Mitch Kaporらエンジェル投資家が出資に参画していた。 [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Techcrunch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wikia Gets An Undisclosed Amount Of Funding From Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-492152</link>
		<dc:creator>Techcrunch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wikia Gets An Undisclosed Amount Of Funding From Amazon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] In March, we reported that the company received $4 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and Omidyar Network, with participation from angel investors Dan Gillmor, Reid Hoffman, Joichi Ito, and Mitch Kapor.  Amazon, Wikia  Sphere It [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] In March, we reported that the company received $4 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and Omidyar Network, with participation from angel investors Dan Gillmor, Reid Hoffman, Joichi Ito, and Mitch Kapor.  Amazon, Wikia  Sphere It [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Wikia Goes Facebook &#171; Ray-Deo</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-244796</link>
		<dc:creator>Wikia Goes Facebook &#171; Ray-Deo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Wikia continues to march along and do well after raising $4 million back in March and hiring a former eBay executive, Gil Penchina, to lead the company. Gil says Wikia is now generating 5 million daily page views on a million unique visitors. And their recently launched Travel Guides now have over 1,200 articles in ten languages covering 160 cities, just eight weeks after launch. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Wikia continues to march along and do well after raising $4 million back in March and hiring a former eBay executive, Gil Penchina, to lead the company. Gil says Wikia is now generating 5 million daily page views on a million unique visitors. And their recently launched Travel Guides now have over 1,200 articles in ten languages covering 160 cities, just eight weeks after launch. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ &#187; Wikia、Facebook風カレッジwikiをスタート</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-243909</link>
		<dc:creator>TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ &#187; Wikia、Facebook風カレッジwikiをスタート</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Wikiaはこれからも前進を続けるだろう。3月に$4M（400万ドル）を調達し、同社を率いるのに元eBayエグゼクティブGil Penchinaを迎え、ことは順調に進んでいるよう。Wikiaは現在一日の500万PV（ページビュー）、ユニークビジターは100万を数える、とGilは話してくれた。そして、最近スタートしたトラベルガイドには、ローンチ後わずか8週間にして1200もの記事（10カ国語による）を持ち、160都市をカバーしている。 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Wikiaはこれからも前進を続けるだろう。3月に$4M（400万ドル）を調達し、同社を率いるのに元eBayエグゼクティブGil Penchinaを迎え、ことは順調に進んでいるよう。Wikiaは現在一日の500万PV（ページビュー）、ユニークビジターは100万を数える、とGilは話してくれた。そして、最近スタートしたトラベルガイドには、ローンチ後わずか8週間にして1200もの記事（10カ国語による）を持ち、160都市をカバーしている。 [...]</p>
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		<title>By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ &#187; Wetpaint開始： Wikiの進化</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-77704</link>
		<dc:creator>TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ &#187; Wetpaint開始： Wikiの進化</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] たくさんのベンチャー資金がwiki製品に流れ込んでいる。Wetpaint社は、Trinity VenturesとFrazier Technology Ventureにより2005年10月に500万ドルちょっとの資金調達をした。競合相手も　十分な資金を得ている。JotSpot社はMayfield とRedpoint Ventureにより、520万ドルを調達。Wikia社は　BessemerとOmidyar Networkから400万ドルの出資をうけた。そして、pbwiki社はこれまで外部からの資金を調達していないが、多くの新規ユーザーをサイトへ誘導してくれるYahooとのディストリビューション契約を結んでいる。 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] たくさんのベンチャー資金がwiki製品に流れ込んでいる。Wetpaint社は、Trinity VenturesとFrazier Technology Ventureにより2005年10月に500万ドルちょっとの資金調達をした。競合相手も　十分な資金を得ている。JotSpot社はMayfield とRedpoint Ventureにより、520万ドルを調達。Wikia社は　BessemerとOmidyar Networkから400万ドルの出資をうけた。そして、pbwiki社はこれまで外部からの資金を調達していないが、多くの新規ユーザーをサイトへ誘導してくれるYahooとのディストリビューション契約を結んでいる。 [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Web 2.0 - Что нового? Новости интернет проектов &#187; Wetpaint запущен: Wiki наступают</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-77118</link>
		<dc:creator>Web 2.0 - Что нового? Новости интернет проектов &#187; Wetpaint запущен: Wiki наступают</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Wiki, типа этой можно создать где-то за минуту с помощью разнообразных темплейтов. Wetpaint - не полностью конфигурируемая wiki, и её нельзя использовать на своих собственных серверах, но пока что это самая лучшая халявная wiki (с хостингом). Wetpaint бесплатна, однако на всех страницах отображается контекстная реклама. В последнее время миллионы вкладываются в wiki-продукты. Wetpaint получил около $5 миллионов в октябре 2005 от Trinity Ventures и Frazier Technology Ventures. Конкуренты также хорошо финансируются. JotSpot, например, &#34;поднял&#34; $5.2 миллиона от Mayfield и Redpoint Ventures. Wikia получила $4 миллиона от Bessemer и Omidyar Network. И хотя pbwiki пока что не получала финансирования извне, но она заключила неплохую сделку с Yahoo, которая теперь поставляет на сайт большое количество новых пользователей. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Wiki, типа этой можно создать где-то за минуту с помощью разнообразных темплейтов. Wetpaint - не полностью конфигурируемая wiki, и её нельзя использовать на своих собственных серверах, но пока что это самая лучшая халявная wiki (с хостингом). Wetpaint бесплатна, однако на всех страницах отображается контекстная реклама. В последнее время миллионы вкладываются в wiki-продукты. Wetpaint получил около $5 миллионов в октябре 2005 от Trinity Ventures и Frazier Technology Ventures. Конкуренты также хорошо финансируются. JotSpot, например, &quot;поднял&quot; $5.2 миллиона от Mayfield и Redpoint Ventures. Wikia получила $4 миллиона от Bessemer и Omidyar Network. И хотя pbwiki пока что не получала финансирования извне, но она заключила неплохую сделку с Yahoo, которая теперь поставляет на сайт большое количество новых пользователей. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Ликбез &#187; Wetpaint</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-76621</link>
		<dc:creator>Ликбез &#187; Wetpaint</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] A lot of venture money is flowing into wiki products. Wetpaint raised just over $5 million in October 2005 from Trinity Ventures and Frazier Technology Ventures. The competition is well funded, too. JotSpot raised $5.2 million from Mayfield and Redpoint Ventures. Wikia has $4 million from Bessemer and Omidyar Network. And while pbwiki hasn&#8217;t raised outside financing, it does have a distribution deal with Yahoo that drives significant new users to the site. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] A lot of venture money is flowing into wiki products. Wetpaint raised just over $5 million in October 2005 from Trinity Ventures and Frazier Technology Ventures. The competition is well funded, too. JotSpot raised $5.2 million from Mayfield and Redpoint Ventures. Wikia has $4 million from Bessemer and Omidyar Network. And while pbwiki hasn&rsquo;t raised outside financing, it does have a distribution deal with Yahoo that drives significant new users to the site. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: TechCrunch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wetpaint Launches: Wikis Evolve</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-76430</link>
		<dc:creator>TechCrunch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wetpaint Launches: Wikis Evolve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] A lot of venture money is flowing into wiki products. Wetpaint raised just over $5 million in October 2005 from Trinity Ventures and Frazier Technology Ventures. The competition is well funded, too. JotSpot raised $5.2 million from Mayfield and Redpoint Ventures. Wikia has $4 million from Bessemer and Omidyar Network. And while pbwiki hasn&#8217;t raised outside financing, it does have a distribution deal with Yahoo that drives significant new users to the site. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] A lot of venture money is flowing into wiki products. Wetpaint raised just over $5 million in October 2005 from Trinity Ventures and Frazier Technology Ventures. The competition is well funded, too. JotSpot raised $5.2 million from Mayfield and Redpoint Ventures. Wikia has $4 million from Bessemer and Omidyar Network. And while pbwiki hasn&#8217;t raised outside financing, it does have a distribution deal with Yahoo that drives significant new users to the site. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ &#187; Gil Penchina氏 eBayを去りWikiaを経営</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-70926</link>
		<dc:creator>TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ &#187; Gil Penchina氏 eBayを去りWikiaを経営</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Gil Penchina氏（元 eBay の Vice President と International の General Manager）は、今では新興スタートアップ Wikia の CEO となった。Wikia は営利目的でWikipedia の姉妹サイトにあたる。Wikipedia が立証されている事実に取り組んでいる一方、Wikia は人々の意見で織り成すサイトとなる－トラベルガイド、政治上の意見など、なんでもありだ。Wikia は2006年3月に4百万のベンチャーラウンドを発表。今朝 Gil とは、 eBay を去ることへの彼の決意や Wikia での彼が考えるプラン、そして彼のお気に入りの新興スタートアップについて２－３分話していた。もし興味があるなら、TalkCrunchのポッドキャストを聞いてみて。 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Gil Penchina氏（元 eBay の Vice President と International の General Manager）は、今では新興スタートアップ Wikia の CEO となった。Wikia は営利目的でWikipedia の姉妹サイトにあたる。Wikipedia が立証されている事実に取り組んでいる一方、Wikia は人々の意見で織り成すサイトとなる－トラベルガイド、政治上の意見など、なんでもありだ。Wikia は2006年3月に4百万のベンチャーラウンドを発表。今朝 Gil とは、 eBay を去ることへの彼の決意や Wikia での彼が考えるプラン、そして彼のお気に入りの新興スタートアップについて２－３分話していた。もし興味があるなら、TalkCrunchのポッドキャストを聞いてみて。 [...]</p>
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		<title>By: eBay CEO过档Wikia &#124; BiZwiKi.CN - 喧闹 PK 噪音</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-64993</link>
		<dc:creator>eBay CEO过档Wikia &#124; BiZwiKi.CN - 喧闹 PK 噪音</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] 其实唔算得上咩大新闻，搵工跳槽，对于IT 界里面噶职业经理人黎讲，其实系好正常噶事。不过今次我用更“生活化”噶语言黎写就有D 突特。用粤语写Weblog 其实辛苦过用普通话好多，因为搵字都要搵餐饱。Gil Penchina，原来eBay 噶CEO，依家过档去左Wikia，Wikimedia（WiKi 技术领导者）下属，新启动噶盈利性网站。同Wikipedia 包罗万有的风格唔同，Wikia 更加关注于旅游指南，政治观点，等等。今次Wikia 大概会以3,000,000 美金的风险投资作为启动基金，唔知到有无包括Gil 噶人工？对于大部分Wiki 玩家黎讲，Wikia 噶界面显得与Wikipedia 的风格非常接近。对于中文用户，同时提供普通话同广东话噶WiKi 页面支持。希望今次唔会同Wikipedia 一样面临被封噶命运。 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] 其实唔算得上咩大新闻，搵工跳槽，对于IT 界里面噶职业经理人黎讲，其实系好正常噶事。不过今次我用更“生活化”噶语言黎写就有D 突特。用粤语写Weblog 其实辛苦过用普通话好多，因为搵字都要搵餐饱。Gil Penchina，原来eBay 噶CEO，依家过档去左Wikia，Wikimedia（WiKi 技术领导者）下属，新启动噶盈利性网站。同Wikipedia 包罗万有的风格唔同，Wikia 更加关注于旅游指南，政治观点，等等。今次Wikia 大概会以3,000,000 美金的风险投资作为启动基金，唔知到有无包括Gil 噶人工？对于大部分Wiki 玩家黎讲，Wikia 噶界面显得与Wikipedia 的风格非常接近。对于中文用户，同时提供普通话同广东话噶WiKi 页面支持。希望今次唔会同Wikipedia 一样面临被封噶命运。 [...]</p>
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		<title>By: TechCrunch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Gil Penchina Leaves eBay To Run Wikia</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-64656</link>
		<dc:creator>TechCrunch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Gil Penchina Leaves eBay To Run Wikia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Wikia is the for profit sister site of Wikipedia. Where Wikipedia focuses on verifiable facts, Wikia is all about opinions - travel guides, political opinions, whatever. Wikia announced a $4 million venture round in March 2006.  Wikia [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Wikia is the for profit sister site of Wikipedia. Where Wikipedia focuses on verifiable facts, Wikia is all about opinions - travel guides, political opinions, whatever. Wikia announced a $4 million venture round in March 2006.  Wikia [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Alawiki.org &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wiki is Hot</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-24206</link>
		<dc:creator>Alawiki.org &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Wiki is Hot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-24206</guid>
		<description>[...] The most recent I have seen was on Mashable.com about a company named Wikia, formerly WikiCities (a bad play on the old GeoCities). Apparently they have secured some investors for a nice sum. As far as I can see, there is nothing special about Wikia; it is simply MediaWiki where they allow people to create their own web. Wikia is a for-profit venture by Jimmy Wales, one of the founders of Wikipedia. It is ad-supported, meaning there are Google Ads down the right side of each page, but I could not find anything about revenue sharing for Wikia sites. I presume that all monies go directly to Wikia even though your content is what is driving the page hits. They also prohibit users from adding their own advertising to a Wikia site unless it is expressly approved by Wikia. This seems to me like a money making scheme using a wiki as the backdrop. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] The most recent I have seen was on Mashable.com about a company named Wikia, formerly WikiCities (a bad play on the old GeoCities). Apparently they have secured some investors for a nice sum. As far as I can see, there is nothing special about Wikia; it is simply MediaWiki where they allow people to create their own web. Wikia is a for-profit venture by Jimmy Wales, one of the founders of Wikipedia. It is ad-supported, meaning there are Google Ads down the right side of each page, but I could not find anything about revenue sharing for Wikia sites. I presume that all monies go directly to Wikia even though your content is what is driving the page hits. They also prohibit users from adding their own advertising to a Wikia site unless it is expressly approved by Wikia. This seems to me like a money making scheme using a wiki as the backdrop. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Jama Poulsen</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23128</link>
		<dc:creator>Jama Poulsen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23128</guid>
		<description>Hopefully some of that money goes into the development of MediaWiki, the software underlying Wikipedia and also my wiki project: Wikicompany http://wikicompany.org

It will be interesting to see if their add-driven business model gives enough returns on this investment.



Wikicompany is a free content, worlwide business directory build by the community.

Anyone in the world can quickly create a company profile using this webform: http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Special:WCPublish

To understand the differences between Wikipedia and Wikicompany, please read: http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Wikicompany:Wikicompany_v_Wikipedia

Other interesting features:
http://www.wikicompany.org/wiki/Wikicompany:Semantic_tags
http://www.wikicompany.org/wiki/Wikicompany:REST

(Mike: If there is interest in an review article on TechCrunch about Wikicompany, just let me know.)



Jama Poulsen
(founder Wikicompany)
info@wikicompany.org</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully some of that money goes into the development of MediaWiki, the software underlying Wikipedia and also my wiki project: Wikicompany <a href="http://wikicompany.org" rel="nofollow">http://wikicompany.org</a></p>
<p>It will be interesting to see if their add-driven business model gives enough returns on this investment.</p>
<p>Wikicompany is a free content, worlwide business directory build by the community.</p>
<p>Anyone in the world can quickly create a company profile using this webform: <a href="http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Special:WCPublish" rel="nofollow">http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Special:WCPublish</a></p>
<p>To understand the differences between Wikipedia and Wikicompany, please read: <a href="http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Wikicompany:Wikicompany_v_Wikipedia" rel="nofollow">http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Wi....._Wikipedia</a></p>
<p>Other interesting features:<br />
<a href="http://www.wikicompany.org/wiki/Wikicompany:Semantic_tags" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikicompany.org/wik.....antic_tags</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wikicompany.org/wiki/Wikicompany:REST" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikicompany.org/wiki/Wikicompany:REST</a></p>
<p>(Mike: If there is interest in an review article on TechCrunch about Wikicompany, just let me know.)</p>
<p>Jama Poulsen<br />
(founder Wikicompany)<br />
<a href="mailto:info@wikicompany.org">info@wikicompany.org</a></p>
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		<title>By: Saul Weiner</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23114</link>
		<dc:creator>Saul Weiner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23114</guid>
		<description>Honestly, how much money can these guys make? Where's the business model?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Honestly, how much money can these guys make? Where&#8217;s the business model?</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23110</link>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23110</guid>
		<description>Hey, I am just trying to figure out how a journalist for a regional paper made so much money to become an angel investor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, I am just trying to figure out how a journalist for a regional paper made so much money to become an angel investor.</p>
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		<title>By: Wikicities Re-Launches As Wiki at Awakened Voice Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23106</link>
		<dc:creator>Wikicities Re-Launches As Wiki at Awakened Voice Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23106</guid>
		<description>[...] A community Wiki site has relaunched and announced a round of venture capital funding. As reported on TechCrunch, Wikicities has relaunched as Wikia. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] A community Wiki site has relaunched and announced a round of venture capital funding. As reported on TechCrunch, Wikicities has relaunched as Wikia. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Alastair James</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23058</link>
		<dc:creator>Alastair James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23058</guid>
		<description>Does anyone know what their business model is going to be? It cant simply be adwords on pages can it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does anyone know what their business model is going to be? It cant simply be adwords on pages can it?</p>
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		<title>By: Oliver Zheng</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23021</link>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Zheng</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/27/wikia-raises-4-million/#comment-23021</guid>
		<description>It really amazes me how much money Wikipedia can raise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It really amazes me how much money Wikipedia can raise.</p>
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