From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Google Analytics Tells Us Where to Focus

June 25, 2009

Ed Vielmetti posted some insightful Google Analytics stats about Arborwiki.org’s “redlink” pages so I thought I would share the same results from RichmondWiki.
For the unfamiliar, a “redlink” is a link within a wiki to a page that doesn’t exist yet. They show up as red instead of the traditional blue links that we’re used to. [...]

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Clever SEO Spammer

June 24, 2009

Hey, you. Spammer. Quit dropping your links in our wiki.
By the way, you suck at SEO.
You know who you are, or should I be more specific? Your IP address is 121.97.74.130 and you are near Legaspi in the Phillipines:
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You found our site by googling inurl:wiki intext:”business suit”.
You’ve visited twice, so you’ll [...]

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Happy Birthday RichmondWiki

June 23, 2009

How do you wish a wiki a happy first birthday?
RichmondWiki first launched on June 23, 2008. During the 365 days that followed, we’ve seen the following growth in usage and interaction (only counts the wiki, not this project blog):

There are 792 total pages in the wiki (not all are actual articles)
69,384 page views (avg. of [...]

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30 Rock Wikipedia Prank

June 18, 2009

A good reminder that wikis are a starting point for self-guided research, not the final destination.

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Future Changes: 5 Wiki Gardening Tips

June 16, 2009

Looking for something productive to do? Need some motivation?
Check out the list of 5 Wiki Gardening Tips over at Future Changes. These were submitted by Matt Wiseley of EditMe.
Here’s a sneak peak:

Garden Planning ~ Taking Stock
Clearing the Paths ~ Associate
Trimming ~ Reduce
Planting ~ Expand
Weeding ~ Declutter

Get your hands dirty and make something grow.

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