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{{CompanyInfo|
{{CompanyInfo|
| logo = AboutUsLogoHorizontal2.jpg
| logo = AboutUsLogoHorizontal2.jpg
| type = Private
| type = Private
| industry = Internet domains wiki directory
| industry = Internet domains wiki directory
| founded = Portland, Oregon, USA in 9 May 2006
| founded = Portland, Oregon, USA, 9 May 2006
| founders = [[Raymond King]]<br> with [[eNom]]<br>
| founders = [[Raymond King]], [[eNom]], [[NameIntelligence]]
| ownership =
| headquarters = 107 SE Washington Street, <br/>
| headquarters = 107 SE Washington Street, <br/>Suite 520,<br/>Portland, OR 97214
Suite 520,<br/>
| country = USA
Portland, OR 97214, <br/>
| businesses =
USA.
| products =
| country = USA
| employees = 16
| employees = 16
| revenue =
| keypeople = [[Ray King]], CEO<br>
| website = [http://www.aboutus.org AboutUs.org]
| blog =
| facebook =
| linkedin =
| twitter = AboutUs
| keypeople = [[Raymond King]], CEO<br>
[[Ward Cunnigham]], CTO<br>
[[Ward Cunnigham]], CTO<br>
}}
}}
AboutUs describes themselves as being "a wiki for and about businesses, organizations, blogs, forums, and really anything or anyone that has a website".
AboutUs describes themselves as being "a wiki for and about businesses, organizations, blogs, forums, and really anything or anyone that has a website".
== History ==
== History ==
AboutUs was founded in 2005 but the actual website was created in 2006 by a group consisting of only five people from Portland, Oregon in the United States of America. Ray King, Paul Stahura and Jay Westerdal were the people to come up with the idea. The actual launch date of the AboutUs website was May 9th, 2006.
AboutUs was founded in 2005 but the actual website was created in 2006 by a group consisting of only five people from Portland, Oregon in the United States of America. [[Raymond King|Ray King]], [[Paul Stahura]], and [[Jay Westerdal]] were the people to come up with the idea. The actual launch date of the AboutUs website was May 9th, 2006.
AboutUs has enjoyed substantial growth since its initial launch. Their success was acknowledged by other important people in the business, such as [[Ward Cunningham]], the developer of WikiWikiWeb (which was the first wiki in the world) who joined the team of AboutUs in 2007 in the position of Chief Technology Officer.
AboutUs has enjoyed substantial growth since its initial launch. Their success was acknowledged by other important people in the business, such as [[Ward Cunningham]], the developer of WikiWikiWeb (which was the first wiki in the world) who joined the team of AboutUs in 2007 in the position of Chief Technology Officer.
==Finances of AboutUs ==
==Finances of AboutUs ==
The initial financing of one million dollars ended in November 2006.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/11/13/story2.html?page=1&b=1163394000^1374690 Startup hits the money with biz wiki]</ref>
AboutUs also managed to bring the total amount of financing to five million dollars funding with a Series A event led by Voyager Capital in January, 2009.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/01/12/story2.html AboutUs nabs $5M infusion]</ref>
AboutUs also managed to bring the total amount of financing to five million dollars funding with a Series A event led by Voyager Capital in January, 2009.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/01/12/story2.html AboutUs nabs $5M infusion]</ref>.
==Features of AboutUs ==
==Features of AboutUs ==
*Do-follow (following links) for fully documented pages (edited by the owner of the website, reviewed by AboutUs).
*Site Metrics for viewing the visibility of a website in search engines and social websites.
Site Metrics for viewing the visibility of a website in search engines and social websites.
*Online Visibility Audit which is a tool that AboutUs considers as being useful for website owners as it helps them see their website as it is seen by the search engines and visitors, thus being able to spot mistakes.
==Content and Popularity ==
'''Content'''
'''Content'''
'''Popularity'''
'''Popularity'''
In July 2008 AboutUs attracted about 1.4 million visitors from the United States. The record of unique visitors for a month was set in November 2009 when AboutUs was visited by a total of 1,677,937 people <ref>[http://siteanalytics.compete.com/aboutus.org/?metric=uv Compete.com unique visitors count of AboutUs]</ref>. As of March 2008, AboutUs contains over ten million listed domains, with an average growth rate of about twenty-five thousand new listings daily. As of August 28, 2009 AboutUs has a total of 15,248,689 pages<ref>[http://blog.aboutus.org/2009/08/28/aboutus-pagecount-tops-15-million/ AboutUs pagecount tops 15 million]</ref>.
In July, 2008 AboutUs attracted about 1.4 million visitors from the United States. The record of unique visitors for a month was set in November, 2009 when AboutUs was visited by a total of 1,677,937 people.<ref>[http://siteanalytics.compete.com/aboutus.org/?metric=uv Compete.com unique visitors count of AboutUs]</ref> As of March 2008, AboutUs contains over ten million listed domains, with an average growth rate of about twenty-five thousand new listings daily. As of August 28, 2009 AboutUs has a total of 15,248,689 pages.<ref>[http://blog.aboutus.org/2009/08/28/aboutus-pagecount-tops-15-million/ AboutUs pagecount tops 15 million]</ref>
The [[Whois]] service of several websites now has references to AboutUs, excluding the usual history, domain ownership and server information. The most notable whois services that reference to AboutUs include [[Register.com]] , [[Network Solutions]] and [[Domain Tools]] <ref>[http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/02/network-solutions-and-registercom-join-aboutusorg-project/ Network Solutions and Register.com join AboutUs.org project]</ref>.
The [[Whois]] service of several websites now has references to AboutUs, excluding the usual history, domain ownership and server information. The most notable whois services that reference to AboutUs include [[Register.com]] , [[Network Solutions]] and [[Domain Tools]].<ref>[http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/02/network-solutions-and-registercom-join-aboutusorg-project/ Network Solutions and Register.com join AboutUs.org project]</ref>
==References ==
==References ==
* [http://techcrunch.com/2006/11/14/aboutusorg-a-wiki-about-every-website/ AboutUs: A wiki about every website] article written in TechCrunch by Marshall Kirkpatrick
* [http://techcrunch.com/2006/11/14/aboutusorg-a-wiki-about-every-website/ AboutUs: A wiki about every website] article written in TechCrunch by Marshall Kirkpatrick
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