Comments on: Wiki leader Confluence finally gets hosted version http://startupsquad.com/2007/02/28/wiki-leader-confluence-finally-gets-hosted-version/ Tech and Money Blog Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: StartupSquad » Blog Archive » WikiTag - Wikis have a search engine. http://startupsquad.com/2007/02/28/wiki-leader-confluence-finally-gets-hosted-version/#comment-65805 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:02:53 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/02/28/wiki-leader-confluence-finally-gets-hosted-version/#comment-65805 [...] While the idea sounds great, there are few challenges to start with. Unlike indexing of websites or indexing of blogs which are either too many in number or are owned by individuals, most of the wiki platforms are controlled by startups like Wetpaint, pbWiki, Atlassian, SocialText, Stikipad, Wikispaces, and more which can out-rightly block the WikiTag bot when it hits their platform. Blog search engine Technorati was able to grow fast ’cause Google was not indexing and enabling search of fresh content 3-4 years back, an area where the search engine giant has now made amends. As compared to that, I don’t see a similar hole in the search space in the case of wikis. Besides that what stops Google from coming up with a similar sub-search engine? [...] […] While the idea sounds great, there are few challenges to start with. Unlike indexing of websites or indexing of blogs which are either too many in number or are owned by individuals, most of the wiki platforms are controlled by startups like Wetpaint, pbWiki, Atlassian, SocialText, Stikipad, Wikispaces, and more which can out-rightly block the WikiTag bot when it hits their platform. Blog search engine Technorati was able to grow fast ’cause Google was not indexing and enabling search of fresh content 3-4 years back, an area where the search engine giant has now made amends. As compared to that, I don’t see a similar hole in the search space in the case of wikis. Besides that what stops Google from coming up with a similar sub-search engine? […]

]]> by: StartupSquad » Blog Archive » iUpload - more money for wiki solutions http://startupsquad.com/2007/02/28/wiki-leader-confluence-finally-gets-hosted-version/#comment-16993 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:32:34 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/02/28/wiki-leader-confluence-finally-gets-hosted-version/#comment-16993 [...] Collaboration is the name of the game thesedays and as a result we have just too many startups doing that. Wetpaint, pbWiki, Confluence, SocialText, Google, Blogtronix, Clearspace, Serebrum, Intel ………And now another well funded startup to compete with for everyone - iUpload. According to PEHub, iUpload has raised $7 million in it’s Series A round of funding from Greylock Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. iUpload service gets you Wikis, Discussions forums, blogs, forms, ACL,….. iUpload seems to be strong in sales, which can win the game in this scenario. Besides the above, Microsoft bundling Wiki+Forum+Workflows+IM with Sharepoint can make life difficult for everyone. Tags:Share and Enjoy: [...] […] Collaboration is the name of the game thesedays and as a result we have just too many startups doing that. Wetpaint, pbWiki, Confluence, SocialText, Google, Blogtronix, Clearspace, Serebrum, Intel ………And now another well funded startup to compete with for everyone - iUpload. According to PEHub, iUpload has raised $7 million in it’s Series A round of funding from Greylock Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. iUpload service gets you Wikis, Discussions forums, blogs, forms, ACL,….. iUpload seems to be strong in sales, which can win the game in this scenario. Besides the above, Microsoft bundling Wiki+Forum+Workflows+IM with Sharepoint can make life difficult for everyone. Tags:Share and Enjoy: […]

]]> by: Michael Knighten http://startupsquad.com/2007/02/28/wiki-leader-confluence-finally-gets-hosted-version/#comment-8365 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:17:59 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2007/02/28/wiki-leader-confluence-finally-gets-hosted-version/#comment-8365 Many thanks for the kind words. We're very excited about this release, and hope to hear more feedback as you dive in deeper. I'm quite concerned, of course, about your DoA experience. I assume you are using the Hosted Evaluation? The Hosted Evaluation has been available for a few months now, on separate systems from the paid Confluence Hosted servers, and we've had thousands of users successfully evaluate Confluence using it. Please send me an email with some more details when you can and I will investigate further. Thanks again, I look forward to hearing from you. Michael Knighten Atlassian Software Many thanks for the kind words. We’re very excited about this release, and hope to hear more feedback as you dive in deeper.

I’m quite concerned, of course, about your DoA experience. I assume you are using the Hosted Evaluation? The Hosted Evaluation has been available for a few months now, on separate systems from the paid Confluence Hosted servers, and we’ve had thousands of users successfully evaluate Confluence using it. Please send me an email with some more details when you can and I will investigate further.

Thanks again, I look forward to hearing from you.

Michael Knighten
Atlassian Software

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