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AboutUs: Co-Elaborating the Web

AboutUs is a wiki for and about businesses and organizations, containing information both about websites and other community created information.

The vision of AboutUs hinges on the power of collaboration and the unique capacity of wiki technology to capture the coming together of communities.

Because no single resource is as powerful as the one that can tap into the knowledge of every visitor, AboutUs stands front and center as one of the most valuable information resources on the web. By synthesizing informational and commercial sites, AboutUs creates a vibrant community asset.

The AboutUs MissionStatement is: To promote Wiki in a way that rekindles the spirit of worldwide collaboration and unleashes people's full potential to build things worth building. AboutUs provides the venue, tools and infrastructure to support the community's vision.

AboutUs warmly welcomes the community to join us in that effort!

Finding information - If you'd like to see what we have on a given website domain or share your knowledge of that website domain, then simply search for the website domain name in the Find! box.

Sharing your knowledge - We depend on people like yourself to update and improve the site. Please feel free to use the many 'edit' buttons to do anything from fixing a spelling error to adding a paragraph of text or uploading a picture. There are some help topics here and we would be honored to have your participation in any constructive capacity.

The site was pre-populated with information about many different websites and thousands of updates are being made by people each day.

Our Commitment

Anyone can edit the AboutUs wiki. This is how AboutUs can tap into the knowledge of those who choose to contribute. It does however leave AboutUs vulnerable to spam attacks. In order to protect the integrity of the resource and to engage with the editors, AboutUs patrols every edit made to its more than 10 million pages. In late January 2007 the edits per day broke the 1000 mark. In early April 2007, there were over 3000 edits per day. AboutUs is committed to reviewing each of those edits and welcomes every new editor who registers. Although anonymous edits are accepted, AboutUs encourages you to log in as a real person. We welcome you!

Our Technology

• The thumbnail images on the records are provided by Name Intelligence's proprietary thumbnail service and provide a link to the referred to site.
• Our CamelCaseing of domain names is a technology made by Name Intelligence and is used on AboutUs to help make domain names more readable. If you notice that the CamelCasing is wrong, you can correct it.
• The map to the right is from Google Maps's service. Changes to where the map points are done automatically when the address is changed in the record.
• Our logo symbolizes the emergence of community of collaboration that we feel comes from AboutUs. See AboutUsLogo for more.
• We developed InfluenceUs as a way to connect people and organizations.

Our Policies

AboutUs works to create policies & guidelines that provide a clear explanation of not only the legal aspects of creating a resource based on the information commons, but also on the values that help promote the WikiWay. Check out the AboutUs Portal:AboutUsGuidelines for more information, links below:

What's happening at AboutUs

• OurWork- what we're working on
• Live Chat- where we hang out
• AboutUs OnTheWeb
• Real People at AboutUs, see PeopleAt.AboutUs.org for some. (Developers)
• Criticism and Controversy - See also our ConcernsPage
• Community- a portal for what's happening at AboutUs
• Jobs@AboutUs

Related Domains

• Ray King, John Stanton and Brandon Sanders started ICANNwiki.org
• MarkDilley, John Stanton, Ray King and TedErnst started WikiIndex.org
• DomainTools.com supports AboutUs.org
• AboutUs.org uses thumbnails from NameIntelligence.com
• Alexa.com ranks websites
• Ward Cunningham started the first wiki at C2.com
• Phsdl.net
• We have a weblog at blog.AboutUs.org
• Our first effort at organized content is PortlandTech.net
• Much of our site is based off of Mediawiki.org software

Testimonials

Contact Us

AboutUs, Inc.

+1 503.488.5763

+1 800.AboutUs (1.800.226.8887)

fax - +1 503.914.0320

The Offices

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  The main AboutUs office at Olympic Mill in SE Portland, OR (people)
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  The LahoreOffice in Lahore, Pakistan (people
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  former offices in Sellwood
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  Chicago and Seattle

Address

107 SE Washington St, Suite 520

Portland, OR 97214

USA

Map

Languages

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Persian and many more.

External Links

• Alexa: AboutUs.org
• Whois: Whois on AboutUs.org
• Wikipedia:AboutUs.org
• Quantcast.com: information on AboutUs
• AboutUs Weblog: here
• YouTube AboutUs profile
• Facebook group
• MySpace AboutUs.org's Page
• Flickr search
• Twitter where we think about tweeting

Influence Us