JotSpot Wiki Powers eBay Community Wiki

PALO ALTO, Calif. - JotSpot, the first application wiki company, today announced that it is teaming up with eBay to power the new eBay Wiki site. The new eBay Wiki will allow eBay's community of U.S. buyers and sellers to share user-generated information. Powered by the JotSpot platform, this new wiki will help the eBay community to communicate in new ways. On the eBay Wiki, eBay members can quickly and easily learn about specific topics of interest, contribute their expertise, share insight and opinions, and comment on published articles.

"Our relationship with JotSpot is part of eBay's continued focus on providing solutions for our community to successfully buy and sell on eBay," said Rachel Makool, senior director of community development for eBay. "JotSpot's wiki technology enables us to create a new avenue for our users to share content across a broad range of eBay-specific topics."

Unlike a traditional website where pages can only be read, on the eBay Wiki community members will be able to edit and publish information quickly and easily. Because the articles on the eBay Wiki are user-generated and based on facts and real users' experiences, the wiki becomes more valuable as more articles are published, edited, and shared.

"With the JotSpot wiki, eBay users get more value from their collective eBay experience by publishing, improving, and sharing content about eBay-related topics," said Joe Kraus, co-founder and CEO of JotSpot. "There is a natural synergy between the flexibility of the JotSpot wiki and the communal nature of the eBay community."

"eBay's relationship with JotSpot is an important milestone in the mainstream adoption of wikis," said Peter O'Kelly, research director for Burton Group's Collaboration and Content Strategies service. "By bringing the simplicity and power of wikis to eBay buyers and sellers, JotSpot will help eBay community members productively connect and collaborate in new ways."

JotSpot Wiki-Powered Communities

JotSpot is committed to helping companies use wikis to cost-effectively establish a dialogue with their customers, improve brand loyalty, and improve search engine optimization through user-generated content. With JotSpot's powerful and flexible wiki platform, companies can reap the benefits of Web-based, user-driven content to establish a two-way dialogue with their customers, partners, and affiliates. Like the eBay Wiki, a company wiki is customizable and consistent with each company's look-and-feel. To learn more about the business benefits of a JotSpot wiki, please visit: http://www.jot.com/.

"The JotSpot-powered eBay Wiki showcases the power, scalability, and flexibility of the JotSpot wiki platform," said Scott Johnston, director of Wiki Applications for JotSpot. "Wikis are changing the way companies like eBay communicate with their customers and JotSpot is proud to be the user-driven content foundation for the eBay community."

To learn more about the eBay Wiki, please visit: http://www.ebaywiki.com/. About JotSpot

JotSpot, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is the first application wiki company. Founded and led by Excite.com co-founders Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer, the company is pioneering do-it-yourself application publishing to enable anyone to create, publish, and share collaborative and personalized wiki applications. More than 2,000 companies and 25,000 users are currently using applications built on top of the JotSpot wiki platform. JotSpot wiki applications for work include: JotSpot Spreadsheets, for sharing online spreadsheets; JotSpot Project Manager, for managing projects; JotSpot Bug Reporter, for tracking bugs; JotSpot Live, for real-time group note-taking; and a blogging application. JotSpot also offers JotSpot Wiki On-Premise, which includes all of the features of a JotSpot hosted wiki, but resides behind a corporate firewall. JotSpot wiki applications for life include: JotSpot Family Site, free private family websites; and JotSpot Class Reunion Planner, class reunion websites. For more information, please visit http://www.jot.com/.