By Iven Simon, Visiting Author

Introduction:

A website is said to be wiki site if the full content of the site can be edited, added or deleted by the visitors visiting the website. So the visitors can add contents they like and because of this frequent changes, we get contents on the site which is the taste of the visitors.

Definition:

• A website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively.
• A collection of websites of hypertext, each of them can be visited and edited by anyone. Wiki means “rapidly” in the Hawaiian language.
• Online collaboration model and tool that allows any user to edit some content of web pages through a simple browser.
• A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. Wiki also refers to the collaborative software used to create such a website (see Wiki software).

What is the Advantage of Wiki Sites:

By making your site as a wiki, you are free from making the contents for your site. It is essential for a wiki site that the number of visitors must be on a high rate. More the visitors to the sites, more content you will get. The wiki feature makes the visitors to revisit the site.

Risk Factor:

There is a big risk on making your site as wiki. By making a site as wiki, you giving the control of your site to many others. This may lead to generate spams on your site pages. So there need a constant checking and a great team to control the editing process of the site by the anonymous visitors.

Successful Wiki Site:

The most successful wiki site is the one and only wikipedia.org The site is a wiki encyclopedia sites and every users visiting the sites are allowed to alter the contents on the sites. There is a large scale on members behind this site and because of that, every contents on the site are having geninue quality. This is the fastest growing encyclopedia now in existance.

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