Disclosure: Webby’s World is getting paid to write this review. I will try not to let this alter our opinion.

Connecticut-based MillionDollarWiki (obviously based on the idea of the high successful Million Dollar Homepage) is a ‘wiki’ which allows members to buy an article which they then exert total control over. The idea is that members can build quality quantity which brings them extra traffic and search engine love.

A page costs $100 and it is guaranteed to stay online for 15 years (MillionDollarWiki have paid 15 years of overheads) which equals $6.67 a year!

$100 may seem steep, but John Chow, who reviewed the service here, has already made his money back from sales from his article! You also have the rights to sell your page to someone else when/if the site reaches its target of 10,000 pages and if you pay MillionDollarWiki 20% of the sale price. You can also place ads on pages; the United Kingdom article’s owner, for example, charges people £5 for a lifetime link!

Calling it a wiki is slightly false as only the page’s owner can edit it but it appears to be powered by MediaWiki. Allowing only the page’s owner to edit it prevents vandalism, of course!

MillionDollarWiki set content guidelines to prevent articles from getting ’spammy’ such as that ads can’t be excessive (in relation to the amount of content, of course), an article can’t be a pure affiliate link farm and also the first thing you see cannot be an advertisement. Also, you cannot buy ‘jibberish’ or trademarked page names.

Currently, MillionDollarWiki have sold 390 pages generating nearly US$40,000 (that’s about GB£20,000!) for themselves! This is quite amazing but as is the idea of bringing together ‘million dollar homepage’ and wikis. Some pages have had 30,000 page views so far too!

The site’s founder claims that anyone who produces quality content on the site will be guaranteed a spot on their homepage!

Get $5 off: If you use the ‘webbysworld’ promocode after you’ve selected the pages you want and you are at the checkout! I’ve spotted a few good, money making names which are still available such as ‘text links’!

The site is only two months old and I wonder how many start-ups of a similar age can boast a similar amount of revenue! It is also hopefully a way to keep folks off the Wikipedia who seem to think that the WP is a free advertisement for them! Check out Ali’s review, too.

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