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Google Paves Way for Wikipedia Breakthrough

By John P. Mello Jr.
Feb 22, 2007
LinuxInsider
696 Words

For the first time ever, Wikipedia last month cracked into comScore's top 10 hottest properties on the Web, largely due to the exposure the online encyclopedia receives from search engines like Google. During January, comScore reported that Wikipedia and its affiliated sites garnered 42.9 million un...

Wikia Offers Free Community Web Hosting

By Jay Lyman
Dec 12, 2006
LinuxInsider
571 Words

Web site operators and bloggers will get free Web hosting, including all advertising revenue from their sites, with a new service called "OpenServing" from the Wikipedia for-profit company Wikia. OpenServing will "extend the essence of the open source model," delivering not only free software and co...

Newcomer Bets ‘Wiki’ Open-Source Movement Can Help Win Senate Election

By Gene J. Koprowski
Jan 3, 2006
LinuxInsider
869 Words

A computer entrepreneur from Utah is launching a campaign to unseat incumbent Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) next year -- in what may be the most heavily Internet-reliant campaign to date, using blogs, chats and the "Wiki" open-source model. Peter Ashdown is the founder of Xmission, Utah's oldest Interne...