New business Ideas, internet History

**mattonline** · 08-03-2006 01:13 PM

I had a really good website idea which involved the use of mediawiki. a free Wikipedia script. Just like the one on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

It was a site that will Preserve all of the internets history on that website. Information on everything you can think about, e.g. the first website ever built, the first domain sold, Alex Tews million dollar homepage etc.

So if anyone think its worthwhile just give me a Shout and ill set it all back up again.

Its a completly original idea which nobody has thought about.

Note its not a site like archive.org etc, its like enwikipedia, but has all internet history.

Anyone think this will work, and willing to help out :P
(Its a huge project if i decide to go through with it.)

**spyro** · 08-03-2006 03:25 PM

I think it is an interesting idea. I doubt that it is as orginal as you think but it is possible. You should put it up and start finding the data.

I thought about building a Google article database just because i'm a Google fanatic. Figured I would share that for some reason.

**BizBUddy** · 08-04-2006 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by spyro

I think it is an interesting idea. I doubt that it is as orginal as you think but it is possible. You should put it up and start finding the data.

I thought about building a Google article database just because i'm a Google fanatic. Figured I would share that for some reason.

If by 'interesting' you mean 'bad' cause yes it is a very bad idea.

**spyro** · 08-04-2006 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by BizBUddy

If by 'interesting' you mean 'bad' cause yes it is a very bad idea.

No, I don't mean bad. I don't see it as a huge money making site but it would be and interesting site to reflect upon. I'm sure there are ways to make money off of the gathered data if someone put some thought into it. It's mile above half the sites on this forum. It actually provides content and isn't some get rich quick without working garbage.

**BizBUddy** · 08-04-2006 12:51 AM

By saying your idea is 'miles above the other sites on this forum' is like comparing shit to crap. Its the same damn thing.

**Road2Riches** · 08-04-2006 12:53 AM

I think its worth a try. You never know until you do!!

**akula** · 08-04-2006 02:10 AM

way back machine could use a competitor because it's pretty shit

if you can make something better than archive.org, you'll have a venture on your hands

**mattonline** · 08-04-2006 04:10 AM

yeh, but its not planned to be a competition site, and run along side archive.org etc its just going to be content based, very similar to en.wikipedia.org (ill use the same script) and then hopfully go from there, it will be a good prject to start now and in a few years reflect on it, coz if its started in a few years then important data would be missed. the sooner the better in this case, im just interested to know your opinions and if people will be willing to write stuff in there, because if its just me writing 1million articles then it will nnever get finished lol.