| | '''Gregory J. Kohs''' is a market researcher and Internet personality in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Kohs has owned or operated a number of different websites, including (the defunct) AmericanCynic.com, FactsOnCall.com, Akahele.org, and (the current) MyWikiBiz.com, Wikipediocracy.com, and a now-dormant Blogspot blog called ''Inside Market Research''. He also wrote [http://mywikibiz.com/Directory:Examiner_articles_by_Gregory_Kohs over 90 articles] for (the defunct) Examiner.com. | | '''Gregory J. Kohs''' is a market researcher and Internet personality in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Kohs has owned or operated a number of different websites, including (the defunct) AmericanCynic.com, FactsOnCall.com, Akahele.org, and (the current) MyWikiBiz.com, Wikipediocracy.com, and a now-dormant Blogspot blog called ''Inside Market Research''. He also wrote [http://mywikibiz.com/Directory:Examiner_articles_by_Gregory_Kohs over 90 articles] for (the defunct) Examiner.com. |
| − | In June 2006, Kohs launched MyWikiBiz.com, a service which was successful in writing [[Wikipedia®]] entries for businesses, initially for $49 to $99.<ref>Bergstein, Brian. "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012401235_pf.html Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia]", The Washington Post / Associated Press, 2007-01-24.</ref> A few days after he put out an August 2006 press release, though, MyWikiBiz's account on Wikipedia was blocked by Wikipedia co-founder, [[Jimmy Wales]]. | + | In June 2006, Kohs launched MyWikiBiz.com, a service which was successful in writing [[Wikipedia®]] entries for businesses, initially for $49 to $99.<ref>Bergstein, Brian. "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012401235_pf.html Idea of Paid Entries Roils Wikipedia]", The Washington Post / Associated Press, 2007-01-24.</ref> A few days after he put out an August 2006 press release, though, MyWikiBiz's account on Wikipedia was blocked by Wikipedia co-founder, [[Jimmy Wales]]. |