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AboutUs Raises $2.5M from Voyager Capital to Create Collaborative Guide to the Web
Xconomy —
... The Internet software firm AboutUs, based in Portland, OR, announced today it has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding from Seattle-based ...
Banking on the Wiki Way: AboutUs Secures $5 Million in Funding
ReadWriteWeb —
... Another reason for investor confidence? The staff. AboutUs holds a special place in the world of wiki as the employer of Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the wiki, and they continue to attract new talent. They recently ...
Website wiki AboutUs raises $2.5M more
VentureBeat —
... AboutUs, a website with user-written and -edited profiles of other websites, has raised another $2.5 million in venture funding, ...
Wiki Service AboutUs Secures $2.5 million From Voyager Capital
TechCrunch —
... Portland-based AboutUs has secured a $2.5 million Series B round of financing from Voyager Capital with the VC firm’s managing director ...
AboutUs snags $5 million
BloggingStocks —
... is clearly the dominant wiki on the web, there are some other worthy contenders. Just look at AboutUs. Basically, the site allows users to write up profiles on interesting websites (although, I couldn't locate BloggingStocks.com in its index). Currently, there are about 12 million pages. ...
AboutUs snags $5 million
BloggingBuyouts —
... is clearly the dominant wiki on the web, there are some other worthy contenders. Just look at AboutUs. Basically, the site allows users to write up profiles on interesting websites. Currently, there are about 12 million pages. ...
AboutUs snags $5 million
BloggingStocks —
... is clearly the dominant wiki on the web, there are some other worthy contenders. Just look at AboutUs. Basically, the site allows users to write up profiles on interesting websites (although, I couldn't locate BloggingStocks.com in its index). Currently, there are about 12 million pages. ...
SEO Basics : Build an Authority Site from Scratch
Search Engine Journal —
1. Keyword Friendly Domain Name
Your first option is using a domain you own but have never used. If your domain is xyz.com, and you need to target ‘Miami refinancing, then make sure to place the keywords in the URL. The website URL should appear as xyz.com/miami-refinancing not xyz.com/123.html. Even if your domain name was mortgage.com, I would still use the friendly URLs to make the link look like this mortgage.com/miami-refinancing
Your 2nd option is purchasing an old domain. There are a lot of old domains out there that have a lot of backlinks, but you will need to make sure ...
A Fresh Take on Websites and Wiki-Based Discovery, from Ray King of AboutUs
Xconomy —
... building human content that describes all content and sites” on the Web. “It’s a discovery tool,” he adds. The basic idea is a collaborative, wiki-style site that has a page for every company and organization out there, with information about that entity (history, management, contacts, customer reviews, and so forth). AboutUs also creates useful lists for communities. So if you’re looking for the hottest tech startups in Portland, say, you can go to an AboutUs page that has editable descriptions of Portland ...
VC Series A Web Tech Deals in July
ReadWriteWeb —
... but it is good news for the economy. To put it in perspective, this is double what we saw in that dismal first quarter.
Regional View
Massachusetts was pretty hot with 5 deals, totaling $20.53 million. As usual, California led the pack with 12 deals, but Massachusetts (with 5 deals for a slightly higher average investment amount) definitely held its own. New York weighed in with 2 deals for $13 million.
Which Ventures Received Money?
AboutUs
ActiFio
Akiba Technologies
Aloqa ...
Why You’ll Love Portland, Oregon
CenterNetworks —
Thanks to Allen for offering up a stage for local ambassadors to share their favorite things about their startup-friendly towns. And thanks to Andrew Hyde for kicking off the series with Why I Love Boulder and for St. Louis, Auckland, and LA piling on, as well. Now, it’s my turn with Portland, Oregon.
Honestly, when it comes right down to it, I can’t say enough nice things about Portland, Oregon. I love this town. And I’d be willing to bet that if you’re interested in living somewhere with a contagious entrepreneurial spirit and a ...
