Wacky Ways of the Wiki
Ever notice - when you search for a person
on Google - that Wikipedia entries often come up in the top
10 search results? Have you ever wondered how you'd benefit
from such a listing, and the traffic it would bring?
Herein lies the conundrum. You're not supposed to write
about yourself, or your company, or edit the entries about
you. So how do you get in?
Why not get a friend to interview you and do it for each
other. Better yet get five friends and make it a team
effort.
Provide your buddies with a complete bio and life history.
Decide on a team captain to start the entries. Then each
one of your team can enter additional info.
Just remember that it's online encyclopedia, not a social
bookmarking site. Read their "What Wikipedia Is" and "What
Wikipedia Isn't" pages, to stay within their TOS and abide
by all their guidelines.
Try to remain objective, unbiased and maintain a neutral
point of view. Be sure all info is verifiable and based in
fact, not editorial opinion. And don't go crazy with links
and references.
Give it a shot... If you've done anything significant, like
won a national award, written ebooks, spoken at seminars,
are a CEO, or have done anything noticeable, or remarkable,
ask a friend to make a Wiki entry for you.
Then, if you're lucky, and they accept your entry, maybe
your name will start appearing at the top of the Google
search results.
