edit AboutUs: The guide to websites that you can edit

AboutUs is a wiki for and about businesses and organizations, containing millions of editable pages about websites as well as other community created topics. As a guide to websites, AboutUs aims to provide consumers with a relevant overview of every domain.

“	As the owner of a moderately obscure website in a highly competitive market, I'm grateful for finding AboutUs.org.	”
—Mark Husson of 12Listen.com, June 2008

AboutUs domain pages typically include a summary of the website, its contact information, connections with related websites and categories, all while linking directly to the website.

As a wiki, information on AboutUs pages can be added to and changed by clicking the 'edit' button.

“	If you would like to know more about a company behind a domain name AboutUs.org is the place where you should have a look since almost every domain name registered got its own page...	”
—Andres of XavierMedia.com on AboutUs.org, May 2008

Finding information - If you'd like to see what information we have on a given website domain or share your knowledge of it, simply search for the URL (like Example.com) in the Find! box above.

Sharing your knowledge - AboutUs is what it is today thanks to the people who edit and improve it. Please feel free to help build this guide to websites by using the many 'edit' buttons to do anything from fixing a spelling error to adding a paragraph of text or picture. (Click Need Help? for various instructional pages.)

edit Our Commitment

In order to protect the integrity of the resource and to engage with fellow editors, AboutUs is committed to reviewing every edit made to its more than 10 million pages.

We also want to be a place where you feel encouraged to contribute and find it easy to do so or learn how. For this reason we have numerous help pages and ways to be contacted.

edit Our Service

“	WOW, Amazing! You did an excellent job!!! We are very impressed with the work you all did, and are going to be ordering another one of these right away.	”
—Michael Hodgdon of Fishing.net, 30 May 2008

Because AboutUs is a highly trafficked guide to websites, an increasing number of business owners want to make sure they have a great page about their website here.

Everyone is welcome to edit their page themselves for free, but for business owners who would like an enhanced page from our team of writers and wiki experts we offer an article creation service. You can see the articles we've created so far on our Spotlight Articles page.

For more information go here or give us a call at 1.800.226.8887 and select option 1.

edit Our Technology

“	Give it a try, put your site URL into the ‘find bar’ & watch your own page generate itself. Quite ingenious.	”
—EarnersBlog.com's post on AboutUs.org, January 2008

• The site was pre-populated with information about many different websites and thousands of updates are being made by people each day.
• 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 in the "Website Information" box is from Google Maps' service.
• We developed Influence Us as a way for people to leave constructive feedback for websites.

edit 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 Guidelines Portal for more information.

edit What's happening at AboutUs

• Live Chat - Come chat with us
• Recent Changes - Edits to the wiki
• Spotlight Articles - Deluxe AboutUs Articles we've created
• PeopleAt.AboutUs.org - Some of the real people at AboutUs
• Criticism and Controversy - See also our Concerns FAQ
• AboutUs Testimonials - Pats on the back
• Community - a portal for what's happening at AboutUs
• Jobs@AboutUs

edit 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 Igorberger volunteered service to AboutUs.org
• 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

edit Contact AboutUs.org

(Have you checked the FAQs on our Help page?)

AboutUs, Inc.

AboutUs LiveChat

1.800.AboutUs (1.800.226.8887)

+1.503.488.5763

(Phones ring Mon-Fri from 9 to 5 PST GMT-8)

Fax - +1.503.914.0320

edit Address

107 SE Washington St, Suite 520

Portland, OR 97214 USA

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edit Languages

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

edit External Links

• Alexa: AboutUs.org
• Whois: Whois on AboutUs.org
• Wikipedia:AboutUs.org
• Quantcast.com: Information on AboutUs
• YouTube: AboutUs profile
• Facebook: AboutUs.org page (Become a fan?)
• MySpace: AboutUs.org page (Be our friend?)
• Flickr: Search for AboutUs.org
• Twitter: Where we think about tweeting (Follow us?)
• AboutUs Weblog: RSS feed (Subscribe or comment?)
• AboutUs Site Statistics

AboutUs.org on the Web

Hey, we think we've got a pretty great website, but don't just take our word for it. Here's what other websites and blogs have been saying about AboutUs.org: NoHeat: AboutUs Wiki - a useful resource in finding your favorite blog’s other sites Office Snapshots: "A perfectly unoffensive company and office." Rent-My-Brain.net: New Wiki for Websites - AboutUs.org Active Rain Real Estate Network: Back Links & AboutUs.org TechVibes.com ranks AboutUs Portland's #1 Start-up in July (also June, May, Apr, Mar, Feb, Jan of 08) Dacoto.com blog post: List your website with AboutUs.org LGR webmaster blog: AboutUs.org - A Wiki Website for Websites SomewhatFrank.com: AboutUs has come a long way since their initial launch EarnersBlog.com: Link building on AboutUs.org XavierMedia.com: How to create your own AboutUs.org page Genexbs.com blogs: This is going to help Internet public in many ways Kryptoz's blog: Ever heard about aboutus.org ? Well time to hear it from me PC4Media.net: your time spent on Aboutus.org building links will be well worth it KillerStartups.com: AboutUs indexes very well in most search engines. Lorelle on Wordpress: Aboutus.org: A Wiki Directory With Every Website Listed Genexbs.com blogs: We are just not glad, we are in fact amazed to work with AboutUs DomainTools.com blog: Network Solutions and Register.com join AboutUs.org project Centernetworks.com: Interview with Ray King Lunch 2.0: Lunch 2.0 Portland Chapter Launches at AboutUs.org Also check out our pages on Facebook and MySpace. Read more testimonials

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Add your constructive feedback for this website by clicking the Influence Us button. (read more)

edit Cheryl L's Comments on AboutUs.org

• Cheryl L (delighted) : I think your new site is awsome, very nice. 14:54, 19 May 2008 (PDT)
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• Cheryl L (delighted) : Love Your New AboutUs.org, very nice. 14:52, 19 May 2008 (PDT)
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edit NickBurrus's Comments on AboutUs.org

NickBurrus (delighted) : Six months...wow. Time flies; I have evolved from trying to figure out what the heck was the edit button or how to make italics in wiki code into a wiki expert with ever going projects. I plan on staying; and wish to say thanks to all those folks at AboutUs!

I rarely support a commercial company, but the philosophy of this company is to die for. Wonderful community, fun times on IRC and via wiki; conference calls that actually MAKE SENSE and is not a turn around table dodging the question. These folks get the work done.

This is amazing; and I respect this. Thanks! 23:39, 20 May 2008 (PDT)

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edit Rohan G's Comments on AboutUs.org

• Rohan G (delighted) : Easy to discover new web pages without getting viruses! 13:34, 6 August 2008 (PDT)
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