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wikiHow Surpasses 50,000 Articles

World’s how-to manual sees more than 100% growth from 2007 to 2008

MENLO PARK, Calif. - January 28, 2009

wikiHow, a collaborative web site striving to build the world’s largest and highest quality how-to manual, today announced it has reached a milestone of 50,000 articles published. The article explains how to obtain a copy of your birth certificate in New Mexico. It was started by volunteer wikiHow contributor, Eric Wester. This milestone comes after four years of work from thousands of volunteer editors.

Additionally, wikiHow has seen more than 100% readership growth in the last year. In 2008 more than 124 million unique visitors from 239 different countries in visited the site – up from 60 million unique visitors in 2007. According to Quantcast.com, this makes wikiHow the 135th most popular site in the US and one of the most highly trafficked startups without venture capital funding.

wikiHow is a wiki, an open source resource that is collaboratively written and maintained by volunteers. By keeping articles open with multiple quality control threads, wikiHow serves as a constantly improving resource for everyone. A list of wikiHow’s Featured Articles is available at http://www.wikihow.com/Category:Featured-Articles.

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“We're on the path to building the world's how-to manual,” said Jack Herrick, wikiHow founder. “After four years, thousands of volunteer editors have produced 50,000 articles that were read by 124 million people last year alone. The power behind our growth comes from the strength, talent and passion of our volunteer community."

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Author of the 50k article: Eric Wester

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wikiHow is the world’s how-to manual. The project uses a wiki aiming to build and share the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. Anyone can share their knowledge at wikiHow by writing a new article or editing an existing one. wikiHow is ranked the 135th most popular Web site in the US, according to Quantcast.com.

For more information, or to share your knowledge visit wikiHow at http://www.wikiHow.com. For press information contact press@wikiHow.com or wikiHow@lewispr.com.

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