“Isn’t this just another version of ($number)($currency)(wiki)?”
The site has been accused of being a copycat, nothing original, and like every other paid wiki out there. I accept and consider criticism of Monopowiki, because if you don’t listen to the people who use your site, you are going to have trouble. But this is different from the other sites out there.
I’ll admit, without seeing the milliondollarwiki, I probably would not have come up with this idea. However, those sites were more of a content- and keyword-rich directory than anything else. Like I’ve said before, the power of a wiki is in the linking between the pages, something which didn’t happen on the other paid wikis. Additionally, there was a limit on the number of pages which are worth a certain value. Thus, once the valuable pages are bought up, that’s it, no more content shows up. Here, you can control pages worth more than $25 a year, but also contribute and extract value out of all the other possible pages you can think of. That’s a pretty fair deal, and definitely better than the other paid wikis offered.
Anyway, think of it this way, how many businesses out there took an old concept, tweaked it, and made it better or at least found a strong niche? Let’s see, Google in search engines, Jones Soda in carbonated beverages, Monster Energy in energy drinks, Facebook in social networking - there are a lot of firms out there which just took a concept, tweaked or fixed it, and made a strong company. That’s what I see for Monopowiki.
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:46 am
Good luck with wiki site. Looks interesting. Anyone can contribute means definitely ends up good content pages. Allow people to buy full content pages and the owner can decide what he wants… allow every one or just keep it personal.