Can’t find that information on the small business you were looking for? Now there is yellowikis – business information in wiki format.
(Link through ResearchBuzz).
This is what their main page says – We want to be like Yellow Pages (http://www.yellowpages.com), Dun and Bradstreet (http://www.dnb.com/us/) and Hoovers (http://www.hoovers.com) all rolled into one – but open, free to both companies and users, global, multilingual and a lot more ecologically friendly.
ResearchBuzz quotes this from their about page: “Small companies – particularly those in developing countries don’t find it easy to set up their own web pages and get them ranked by Google and the other search engines. We hope that a simple entry in Yellowikis will help level the playing field.”
I think it is a wonderful idea… This is a boon for small businesses – a way to get noticed and connected at two levels – globally (for those ambitious service providers) and at a very micro level, within your city or local area – and for free… Check it out…
I love Wikis and all forms of internet collaboration. Very empowering. Its looks like a great idea. i’m checking this one out now.
I remember seing the chinese industry portal alibaba.com may be india could counter is with a similar website only this time it could may as well be a wiki.
First time here… Will come again to read the posts in more detail… nice place
hi charu..
gone through the link..
yeah..it’s great idea indeed..it’s a boon for small companies,as you said..
Akshay, gangadhar – yeah it does look like a great idea – although like researchbuzz says, the scope of this is mind blowing – hope they manage that well and it takes off… but if a general wiki can work (given the amount of knowledge that can be created and managed), why not this?
they also have country focus – this month it is Mozambique, this should be good… easier for the user and the creator…
Prateek, always nice to see new people around the blog – welcome 🙂
An attempt was made by the Los Angeles Times which was dubbed “Wikitorial” after the popular Wikipedia collaborative encyclopedia project that allowed readers to rewrite editorials. It turned to be a short-lived mass media experiment was closed after a mere three days after the site was flooded with obscene messages and photos.
Unless such ambitious Wiki projects have an air-tight mechanism to stall vandalism, they may prove to be a love’s labour lost!
Charu, OT: have blogrolled you 🙂
SK, you ae right, that is so possible – especially in cyberspace where regulation of any sort is tough and you can only expect people to act with some maturity and self control – but it would be a pity if such a venture goes kaput because of some cranks…
Thnnavan, I saw on your blog – thanks 🙂
This business wiki looks better IMO: http://www.wikicompany.org
It still needs lots and lots of work to make it useful, we’ll see how all this goes.
Larsu
lars, thanks. hadn’t seen it earlier. but this seems like a palce for larger and more formal companies. whereas yellow wikis seems ideal for small companues even individuals working on a freelance / consultant basis…. what do you think?