WikiHow famously exploited the Wiki for commercial profit by making it friendly to use and adapting it to produce user guides. Jumpstarting by self-seeding the content, HowTo now claims nearly 14,000 HowTos and nearly 5 million page views. Revenue comes from Google Adsense. Koonji – founded by Sudhir Jha with personal and part-time resources - [...]

Yepic launched in beta yesterday as a marketplace for information. Technically it seems fairly complete with categories, tags, reviews, ratings and reviews for content or authors; a system for buyers to request content; a collaboration system; and a payment system. Co-founders Richard Tripp and Corey Davis position the versatile platform as a means for bloggers [...]