[pixeljuggler]

I was wondering if anyone had tried making money through a wiki. There is quite a few out there with google ads on them but with all the information overload do they get clicked?

hmm Im sure it would be hard but possible but wikipedia pretty much have that market taken

[pixeljuggler]

Well I mean like topic specific wiki. For example wikipedia wont have everything on the scifi series stargate.

[youngmoneyblog]

I've made some money.

wikipedia is information overload. I think content specific wiki's will be on the rise.

[kotor]

As long as most of the content you add is original, you shouldn't have a problem. It will be much harder if you publish a website with info from wiki that is already all over the internet. search engines don't like duplicate content.

[youngmoneyblog]

hmm... i think I will write a another post about wikis tomorrow. I believe the GNU license allows you to copy wikipedia media for "commercial" purposes.

But I wouldn't be selling information, I would just have ads displayed.

hey kotor, you from florida?

[nochance]

young money, you say you have made money, is this from a wiki site of your own...

[youngmoneyblog]

yeah two wiki sites... less than two bucks though. i made several mistakes with launching a site that i will not do again. I have another .info wiki i want to release in July.

[theprodigy101]

youngmoney, were those earnings advertising revenue or something else?

[kotor]

Originally Posted by youngmoneyblog

hmm... i think I will write a another post about wikis tomorrow. I believe the GNU license allows you to copy wikipedia media for "commercial" purposes.

But I wouldn't be selling information, I would just have ads displayed.

hey kotor, you from florida?

Yes, I went to school at UF, and currently live in Jacksonville.

[Day2]

The only thing stopping wikipedia from making a boatload of advertising revenue is that they are very purposefully trying NOT to do so (they survive on donations).

Wikis can be very profitable.