Talk:Graphiq

Discussions

• Disclosure:I am an employee of FindTheBest, however, I have written this article to conform with the rules and guidelines set forth inWP:V, WP:RS, WP:NPOV, and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#How to avoid COI edits
• Background: When FindTheBest was launched 2 years ago, we attempted to use Wikipedia as a promotional device. At the time, we were unaware of WP:NPOV and WP:COI policies. Because of our policy violation, the site was added to Wikipedia's blacklist. Now, two years later, FindTheBest has grown into a large, venture capital-funded site that ranks #944 in US traffic according to Alexa.com

• I appealed our case to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist#FindTheBest.com and was given instructions by several administrators on how to legitimately remove FindTheBest from the blacklist. I have followed their directions and I am now asking this article to be reviewed. Please feel free to edit, and give me pointers & suggestions. Thank you for your time and help!Evan(talk) 17:56, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

• Note: I cannot upload FindTheBest's logo for use in the company info box until the FindTheBest(.)com is removed from the blacklist.

• By the recommendation of User:OlYeller21 , I have added a "Notable Template" to this article.
• Please feel free to identify non-notable references and external links, and feel free to give me general pointers for improving the article.

I would like to point out though that TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and Mashable are popular news sources in the tech, internet and startup world and attract millions of readers every month. All three of the sites have a PageRank of 8, indicating that they have a high domain authority. In comparison, The Seattle Times has a PageRank of 6; The Dallas Morning News, The Oregonian and The Chicago Sun-Times have PageRanks of 7, and The Wallstreet Journal, USA Today, and The Los Angeles Times have PageRanks of 8. The only newspaper to have a PageRank of 9 is the New York Times. (Wikipedia is also a 9)

Therefore, I would like to argue that TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Mashable are reliable sources for an article on an internet site. While researching other startups for my article, I noticed that Quora, Kayak.com, Zillow, Klouy, AirBnb, Turntable.FM,Hipmunk, Prezi etc. also have multiple references from TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Mashable. Evan (talk) 21:42, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Discussion on COI Noticeboard

• This article has been discussed on the COI Noticeboard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_57#FindTheBest

• Several admins have recommended that is be moved to the Main Space Evan (talk) 18:47, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Notability

• The notability of this article's references has been discussed on this talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_57#FindTheBest Evan (talk) 18:47, 10 July 2012 (UTC)