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Koonji Launches User-Generated How-To Web Guides (sfgate.com)
2 points by gibsonf1 on April 28, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


This is the email I recieved from those guys yesterday. Two tips: make it shorter(three lines?); dont use random font color/formatting style.

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Hi Zaid, Koonji is an innovative experiment to redefine the way people access and use information. The main objective is to make web research more meaningful by providing a complete solution to search, enhance, organize and share relevant online information. Koonji is a community-powered step-by-step how-to guide to do effective searches on the web. People often turn to the internet to find information and to seek advice typically starting with a search engine. But there is no way they can get organized information and a guide to trace the path for them. Koonji solves this problem by organizing information by breaking down topics into multiple steps and providing the best resources available along with helpful tips. The step-by-step guides can be on any topic from baking a cake to applying for a home loan.

Koonji's content is all community driven, the guides or "Koonji's" are authored by users usually drawing from their experiences. Koonji believes that the community's collective experiences are the best place to generate information. Users find organizes information and are also aided by a companion Koonji toolbar travels with the users, allows users to tag and save information as a Koonji.

Whether one is looking to learn how to buy a HDTV, how to organize a birthday party, how to find a job or how to plan a vacation—the process for completing these activities can be time consuming and frustrating. Koonji users benefit from the discoveries know-how of others, avoid time consuming web searches and any the trial and error method of finding information. Koonji.com is information by users and for users seeking information.

Please do contact me should you have any queries at steve@koonji.com .

Warm Regards,

Team Koonji

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