Wetpaint
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Founded | Seattle, Washington (2005) |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
Key people | Ben Elowitz , CEO |
| Revenue | Unknown |
| Website | www.wetpaint.com |
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Wetpaint is a company offering free hosted wiki websites to anyone who wants to create one. The company's product offers easy visual ("WYSIWYG") editing compared to other wikis, and threaded comments. It is financially supported by contextually based advertisements. Sites utilizing Wetpaint technology include wikiCancer, wikiFido, BobDylanwiki, wikiGOP, Independent Film Wiki and a public testing site entitled wikiSandbox.
The company is located in Seattle, Washington, USA and received its initial venture capital funding from Trinity Ventures and Frazier Technology Ventures.
Wetpaint launched its private beta program in March 2006 and became publicly accessible in June 2006. Wetpaint was named Best Wiki (Hosted) by the SEOmoz Web 2.0 Awards.
External links
- Wetpaint (main website)
- Could Community Wikis Be The Tipping Point – webpronews.com, March 6, 2006
- Social software: Control the community or just let go? – DEMOletter, March 6, 2006
- IFDB.com - the wiki for all independent information, using Wetpaint technology.