From the monthly archives:

April 2009

MediaWiki WYSIWYG Coming Soon

April 21, 2009

As reported over on MatthewSim.com, a MediaWiki WYSIWYG editor is coming soon! This means that editing RichmondWiki will be even easier. If you can type in a Word document, you will be able to edit a wiki article. Editors will be able to toggle back and forth between WYSIWYG and normal wikitext modes. The new [...]

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Advertising Survey

April 16, 2009

We are thinking of creating a system on RichmondWiki whereby contributors can earn free advertising credits (i.e. impressions for banner ads or text ads) by contributing to existing articles or adding new articles. Please take a moment to fill out the survey below. Your thoughts and input are greatly appreciated! How it Could Work Basically, [...]

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Easter By Any Other Name

April 13, 2009

Here’s a great example of “The Long Tail” theory of organic search engine traffic in action. The Long Tail theory states that a small subset of keywords receive huge amounts of search volume (i.e. “Britney Spears“) while millions more are searched less frequently individually but account for more search volume in aggregate (i.e. “what was [...]

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Facebook Ad Campaign Results

April 12, 2009

Just a quick note to report back on the results of the recent Facebook advertising campaign. Campaign Overview We purchased CPC (Cost Per Click) ads on Facebook to build awareness for The RichmondWiki Project among relevant audiences. The ads are targeted to Facebook users that meet the following criteria: Age 14+ Located in Richmond, VA [...]

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Spam Attack Reversed

April 11, 2009

Two updates to this post can be found at the bottom. Thank you to Roberto Tamassia for quickly responding on behalf of the Brown University CS Department. The following is just a quick overview of the spam attack somebody perpetrated on the wiki last night. Situation A visitor created 8 new spammy articles using 6 [...]

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