User:Jonathan Stokes/VW Sandbox
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This article is about ValueWiki the Company. For visitors FAQ's and overview of the ValueWiki website, visit ValueWiki:About.
ValueWiki is a community website for sharing investment information. In the open spirit of Wiki, users are encouraged to edit and contribute to this business plan, and participate in ValueWiki policy and business discussions in the ValueWiki Boardroom.
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Mission
ValueWiki is a tool for pooling investment research. The goal is to create a unified source for investor information in the most efficient possible format. It is built on the belief that thousands of global investors working together can build a greater investment resource than any single person or company working alone.[1]
ValueWiki seeks to combine the collaborative power of message boards with the informative power of investment sites, creating a centralized information hub for investors. The site is a collaborative Wiki-Project running on the mediawiki platform. The site's mission is to create a complete catalogue of all worldwide securities.
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Strategy
ValueWiki currently covers 10 world exchanges with plans of expanding its world coverage. The site is primarily marketing through the ValueWiki blog, which has a Technorati Rank of 63,531 as of March 9, 2007.
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Recent Events
- On March 1st, ValueWiki completed the ValueWiki Contributor of the Day Contest, awarding $100 every weekday in February to the best ValueWiki contributor. The $500 grand prize was split in a tie between two top users. Statistical results of the contest are posted on the ValueWiki Blog.
- On February 21st, ValueWiki received its 1 millionth page view.
Leadership
- Zach is ValueWiki's technical lead, and handles vendor relationships.
- Jon oversees ValueWiki's marketing, content, public relations, and accounting.
- Administrators are volunteer members of the community who have the power to block users, and protect and delete pages.
Statistics
Traffic
As of March 9, 2007, ValueWiki's trailing 3-Month Alexa rank is 69,193 worldwide. Alexa ranks ValueWiki 7,656 in the United States. ValueWiki has long term plans of hosting its blog in house, to better integrate total ValueWiki domain traffic.
Users
ValueWiki currently has 2,880 registered users. Perhaps 95% of traffic is accounted for by non-registered users. This is largely consistent with statistics at Wikia.
- Top Contributors
A loose study of ValueWiki users suggests 11% make more than 3 edits, 7% make more than 10 edits, and 2.7% make more than 100 edits. This is marginally consistent with Wikipedia, where 46% make more than 3 edits, 25% make more than 10 edits, and 5.1% make more than 100 edits.
ValueWiki's user statistics are gradually improving as the sample size increases.
Fundamentals
Income
As of March 2007, ValueWiki's only source of monetization is Google Adsense. ValueWiki's Blog, hosted at WordPress, is not monetized despite averaging 1,000 unique visitors a day in early March.
Expenses
ValueWiki invested $2500 in its recent contest, and pays server and QuoteMedia fees on a monthly basis. Due to rising traffic, the Company anticipates a sizeable investment in servers and software to meet with growing demands.
Risks
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History
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- Some history and explanation of the site can be found at User:Jonathan_Stokes and ValueWiki:About.
Links
- Official Links
- Research Links
Notes
- ↑ http://valuewiki.com/w/Mission Mission
