Comments on: Wikio Launches Digg-Like Site For U.S., Germany, And Spain http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:21:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BBloggers Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-1329560 BBloggers Blog Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:24:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-1329560 <strong>Wikio - Digg-Ableger für deutsche User...</strong> Vor allem unter Bloggern dürfte die amerikanische Website Digg bekannt sein. Mit Wikio startete nun ein ähnlicher Dienst, allerdings für deuschsprachige User. Vom Aufbau her gefällt mir Wikio ganz gut, allerdings fühle ich mich auch ein wenig &#82... Wikio - Digg-Ableger für deutsche User…

Vor allem unter Bloggern dürfte die amerikanische Website Digg bekannt sein. Mit Wikio startete nun ein ähnlicher Dienst, allerdings für deuschsprachige User. Vom Aufbau her gefällt mir Wikio ganz gut, allerdings fühle ich mich auch ein wenig &#82…

]]> By: Stefan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-775231 Stefan Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:53:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-775231 What a crap.... 500 million people are living in Europe. The US has only 290 million, so do you realy think, that we need 2 years for a stupid digg-clon? Halo? Only in Germany we have at least 5.... Do your homework before you copy the pr-text of a new company. What a crap…. 500 million people are living in Europe. The US has only 290 million, so do you realy think, that we need 2 years for a stupid digg-clon? Halo? Only in Germany we have at least 5…. Do your homework before you copy the pr-text of a new company.

]]> By: Launchpad Israel - blog » Launchpad Israel VS Wikio http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-566427 Launchpad Israel - blog » Launchpad Israel VS Wikio Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:40:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-566427 [...] On this site, with ‘info flows,’ the site has a high labour efficiency as it doesn’t depend on journalists or bloggers for content creation, rather, it draws upon these efforts elsewhere by having the site editor or editors select items from a custom built feeds dashboard that loads content from around the web for bookmarking to the front page. This can be seen as ‘content generation.’ Hence, the site can be compared to the just launched Wikio, that allows its users to browse pre-scanned feeds and choose items that other users then rate for possible promotion to the front-page, just like on digg.com, and which will also influence Wikio’s search results. However, with Launchpad Israel, there are no ‘other users,’ just an editor or editorial team. Nevertheless, visitors can still submit items for the editor to assess. This is more advantageous than Wikio for creating a focussed and valuable user experience, especially if no user or editorial effort is to be expended in Wikio personalization or contribution on Launchpad Israel’s theme. [...] [...] On this site, with ‘info flows,’ the site has a high labour efficiency as it doesn’t depend on journalists or bloggers for content creation, rather, it draws upon these efforts elsewhere by having the site editor or editors select items from a custom built feeds dashboard that loads content from around the web for bookmarking to the front page. This can be seen as ‘content generation.’ Hence, the site can be compared to the just launched Wikio, that allows its users to browse pre-scanned feeds and choose items that other users then rate for possible promotion to the front-page, just like on digg.com, and which will also influence Wikio’s search results. However, with Launchpad Israel, there are no ‘other users,’ just an editor or editorial team. Nevertheless, visitors can still submit items for the editor to assess. This is more advantageous than Wikio for creating a focussed and valuable user experience, especially if no user or editorial effort is to be expended in Wikio personalization or contribution on Launchpad Israel’s theme. [...]

]]> By: neunetz.com » Wie Wikio die Stimmen zählt http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-528804 neunetz.com » Wie Wikio die Stimmen zählt Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:52:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-528804 [...] Pierre Chapaz von Wikio hat auf meine Frage geantwortet, wie es zu einer so hohen Anzahl von Stimmen zu Nachrichten auf Wikio kurz nach dem Launch kommen kann. Ich hatte mich auch in meinem ursprünglichen Artikel über Wikio darüber gewundert. [...] [...] Pierre Chapaz von Wikio hat auf meine Frage geantwortet, wie es zu einer so hohen Anzahl von Stimmen zu Nachrichten auf Wikio kurz nach dem Launch kommen kann. Ich hatte mich auch in meinem ursprünglichen Artikel über Wikio darüber gewundert. [...]

]]> By: Yutz http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-523545 Yutz Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:29:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-523545 It's pretty cool, How can I do if I want to import my opml file ? I appreciate the mix between personalized pages and search engine. Yutz It’s pretty cool,

How can I do if I want to import my opml file ?

I appreciate the mix between personalized pages and search engine.

Yutz

]]> By: Markkk http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-522841 Markkk Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:31:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-522841 Very interesting, I'll follow the evolution ..... Very interesting, I’ll follow the evolution …..

]]> By: pierre chappaz http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-522043 pierre chappaz Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:44:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-522043 Thank you for the post Natali although we do not define Wikio as a "digg-like" . It may look a little bit like Digg because users can also publish and vote on the site but it is very different. Wikio is a personalized information page which includes a news search engine. To my knowledge it is actually the first european search engine indexing blogs and media. Given the massive development of the european blogosphere we believe that there is a need for a dedicated search engine (specially with advanced personalization features). I invite you and the readers of this post to try the service and create personalized tabs to see what we mean by personalization. Your feedback is welcome! >Janko: there is no need to register on Wikio unless you want to publish a post directly or to save your tabs permanently. Wikio launched in France end of June and attracted 600.000 unique users in November. Italy was launched in october and is now on a trend above 100.000 unique users. The private beta test that you are mentionning has been held at the beginning of the year. > Chris: sorry for the bugg, this should work fine now! > Marcel: you may have noticed that Wikio is grouping news that are similar. The number of votes that we are displaying for groups on the home page is the total of the votes for the articles included in each group. It appears that the number of articles grouped in german in an average group is significantly higher than in french, you can compare you will see the difference. Thus the total number of votes on the german home page is already high compared with France although Wikio.de has less users than Wikio.fr . As for the recent news that you see here http://www.wikio.de/live we did not detect any problem but if you notice any please let us know you help is greatly appreciated! Thank you for the post Natali although we do not define Wikio as a “digg-like” . It may look a little bit like Digg because users can also publish and vote on the site but it is very different.

Wikio is a personalized information page which includes a news search engine. To my knowledge it is actually the first european search engine indexing blogs and media. Given the massive development of the european blogosphere we believe that there is a need for a dedicated search engine (specially with advanced personalization features).

I invite you and the readers of this post to try the service and create personalized tabs to see what we mean by personalization. Your feedback is welcome!

>Janko: there is no need to register on Wikio unless you want to publish a post directly or to save your tabs permanently. Wikio launched in France end of June and attracted 600.000 unique users in November. Italy was launched in october and is now on a trend above 100.000 unique users. The private beta test that you are mentionning has been held at the beginning of the year.

> Chris: sorry for the bugg, this should work fine now!

> Marcel: you may have noticed that Wikio is grouping news that are similar. The number of votes that we are displaying for groups on the home page is the total of the votes for the articles included in each group. It appears that the number of articles grouped in german in an average group is significantly higher than in french, you can compare you will see the difference. Thus the total number of votes on the german home page is already high compared with France although Wikio.de has less users than Wikio.fr . As for the recent news that you see here http://www.wikio.de/live we did not detect any problem but if you notice any please let us know you help is greatly appreciated!

]]> By: Janko Roettgers http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-520148 Janko Roettgers Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:30:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-520148 I think the numbers in this article are a little confusing. 600.000 users makes it sound like they have 600.000 registered users. Their German blog states that Wikio.fr has had "600.000 visitors per month" and "27.553 beta testers" .... I think the numbers in this article are a little confusing. 600.000 users makes it sound like they have 600.000 registered users. Their German blog states that Wikio.fr has had “600.000 visitors per month” and “27.553 beta testers” ….

]]> By: Rizal http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-519432 Rizal Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:56:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-519432 I totaly agree with you andreas.. Just because techcrunch hasnt written about anything else in europe doesnt mean its the first.. Like somebody said there is alot of Digg type content out there. there actually is a whole pligg subculture. but i dont think that news is the new thing anymore. the market is gonna evolve next year and just as 2006 can be called as the social network and video BOOM. there are gonna pop up hundreds of new markets and i believe 2007 is gonna be a big year for a evolution of the web world!! I totaly agree with you andreas.. Just because techcrunch hasnt written about anything else in europe doesnt mean its the first.. Like somebody said there is alot of Digg type content out there. there actually is a whole pligg subculture. but i dont think that news is the new thing anymore. the market is gonna evolve next year and just as 2006 can be called as the social network and video BOOM. there are gonna pop up hundreds of new markets and i believe 2007 is gonna be a big year for a evolution of the web world!!

]]> By: Roy T http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-518563 Roy T Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:26:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-518563 The sites still in beta, bugs happen. As mentioned in the posts above,imitation is flattery,anyway digg's main focus is on tech news, no matter how hard they for it not to be. The average joe has probably never heard of digg, so its nice to have a focus on on other topics and countries/languages. The sites still in beta, bugs happen. As mentioned in the posts above,imitation is flattery,anyway digg’s main focus is on tech news, no matter how hard they for it not to be.
The average joe has probably never heard of digg, so its nice to have a focus on on other topics and countries/languages.

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-518299 Jon Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:41:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-518299 Neat site. Interesting that Wikio lets you vote without logging in. And no ads, that's refreshing. I wonder why Wikio is called Wikio if it's not a Wiki? Neat site. Interesting that Wikio lets you vote without logging in. And no ads, that’s refreshing. I wonder why Wikio is called Wikio if it’s not a Wiki?

]]> By: Wikio, mezcla de Google News y Meneame http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-518281 Wikio, mezcla de Google News y Meneame Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:32:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-518281 [...] Vía | TEchcrunch. [...] [...] Vía | TEchcrunch. [...]

]]> By: neunetz.com » Wikio- Ein weiterer Anwärter für den deutschen Diggthron http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517975 neunetz.com » Wikio- Ein weiterer Anwärter für den deutschen Diggthron Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:50:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517975 [...] Wikio, ein Unternehmen, das diggähnliche Nachrichtenseiten in Italien und Frankreich betreibt, hat heute seinen deutschen Ableger eröffnet gelauncht. Wikio haben nach eigenen Angaben 600.000 User in Frankreich und 100.000 in Italien (laut Techcrunch). [...] [...] Wikio, ein Unternehmen, das diggähnliche Nachrichtenseiten in Italien und Frankreich betreibt, hat heute seinen deutschen Ableger eröffnet gelauncht. Wikio haben nach eigenen Angaben 600.000 User in Frankreich und 100.000 in Italien (laut Techcrunch). [...]

]]> By: michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517905 michael Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:28:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517905 That looks pretty cool. We don t have technorati (this looks more to techcnorati than digg i would say) in German. Thanks Natali for the discovery. That looks pretty cool. We don t have technorati (this looks more to techcnorati than digg i would say) in German. Thanks Natali for the discovery.

]]> By: EthanR http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517879 EthanR Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:22:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517879 The idea seems interesting, it's a mix between technorati & google news & pageflakes. The idea seems interesting, it’s a mix between technorati & google news & pageflakes.

]]> By: marcel weiß http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517579 marcel weiß Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:34:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517579 In Germany there is alsow yigg.de as well. Which used to be digg.de until they (obviously) got in trouble with digg.com. It's pretty featurepacked (which is good and bad in some circumstances). Does anyone know there to find more informations on how they (wikio) count the votes? I really doubt the numbers on the german site. The site just launched and a new submission gets 30 votes within the first 15 minutes? I highly doubt that. I can't find anything about that in the faqs (or anythere else). In Germany there is alsow yigg.de as well. Which used to be digg.de until they (obviously) got in trouble with digg.com. It’s pretty featurepacked (which is good and bad in some circumstances).

Does anyone know there to find more informations on how they (wikio) count the votes? I really doubt the numbers on the german site. The site just launched and a new submission gets 30 votes within the first 15 minutes? I highly doubt that.

I can’t find anything about that in the faqs (or anythere else).

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517499 Chris Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:19:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517499 Hmm...been trying to register for 2 days with 2 different browsers...and no luck. One might think that they would fix things like this before coming out at a major conference. -Chris Hmm…been trying to register for 2 days with 2 different browsers…and no luck. One might think that they would fix things like this before coming out at a major conference.

-Chris

]]> By: Peter Cooper http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517494 Peter Cooper Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:18:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517494 <a href="http://www.scoopeo.com/" rel="nofollow">Scoopeo</a> is a pretty cool French Digg-a-like I've been visiting for a while. Just for reference. Scoopeo is a pretty cool French Digg-a-like I’ve been visiting for a while. Just for reference.

]]> By: Morha Shazam http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517426 Morha Shazam Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:58:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517426 Yet another sponsored post, with basically no disclaimer. TC .fr and TC .us are associated, even if it is in name only. I mean think about it, a writer on another TC site sends in news, gets preferential treatment and the only disclaimer is that Wikia has no fiduciary resp. with TC .us. Get with the game people. BTW, Natali if Ouriel forwarded you the news, then yes, he did brief you. Yet another sponsored post, with basically no disclaimer. TC .fr and TC .us are associated, even if it is in name only.

I mean think about it, a writer on another TC site sends in news, gets preferential treatment and the only disclaimer is that Wikia has no fiduciary resp. with TC .us.

Get with the game people.

BTW, Natali if Ouriel forwarded you the news, then yes, he did brief you.

]]> By: meneame.net http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517302 meneame.net Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:29:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517302 <strong>Wikio Spain...</strong> Pues hoy tenemos otro medio web en castellano, acaba de salir y se llama Wikio. Puedes personalizar tus intereses, publicar articulos y leer noticias del mundo entero :)... Wikio Spain…

Pues hoy tenemos otro medio web en castellano, acaba de salir y se llama Wikio. Puedes personalizar tus intereses, publicar articulos y leer noticias del mundo entero :)…

]]> By: RqTect http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517266 RqTect Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:20:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517266 about time about time

]]> By: Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517212 Michael Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:06:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517212 I agree with Andreas. I know a German called Webnews.de Wikio is not alone out there... I agree with Andreas. I know a German called Webnews.de

Wikio is not alone out there…

]]> By: Andreas http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517112 Andreas Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:22:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517112 “Wikio is the first service of its kind in Europe” - that is not really true now is it. Just in Sweden there are a number of such sites (3 based on Pligg), for example farskpressad.se. Just because you are the first European Digg-ish site that gets written about in TechCrunch doesnt mean that you are the only one. Also, Europe is quite a bit bigger than just Germany, France and the UK. “Wikio is the first service of its kind in Europe” - that is not really true now is it. Just in Sweden there are a number of such sites (3 based on Pligg), for example farskpressad.se. Just because you are the first European Digg-ish site that gets written about in TechCrunch doesnt mean that you are the only one. Also, Europe is quite a bit bigger than just Germany, France and the UK.

]]> By: peter http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517105 peter Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:19:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-517105 Innovative and with a lot of personalized content -try it and see! Innovative and with a lot of personalized content -try it and see!

]]> By: Fresqui.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-516851 Fresqui.com Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:56:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/11/wikio-launches-digg-like-site-for-us-germany-and-spain/#comment-516851 <strong>Wikio lanza un sitio como Digg para EE.UU, Alemania y España....</strong> Wikio, una compañía de noticas proporcionadas por los usuarios lanzó ayer Wikio.com, Wikio.de, y Wikio.es en la conferencia de París LeWeb3. Los tres nuevos sitios están enfocados en EU, Alemania y España respectivamente. ... Wikio lanza un sitio como Digg para EE.UU, Alemania y España….

Wikio, una compañía de noticas proporcionadas por los usuarios lanzó ayer Wikio.com, Wikio.de, y Wikio.es en la conferencia de París LeWeb3. Los tres nuevos sitios están enfocados en EU, Alemania y España respectivamente.
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