Looking for your own space? A place where you can publish and discuss content with friends, co-workers or family? Wikispaces allows you to create simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together. A wikispace is a space of your own typically used for one purpose or devoted to one topic.
Each space can hold many pages, files, and images. For example, a wikispace called “peanuts” will live at peanuts.wikispaces.com. You can create as many spaces as you like. There are no limits on how big your spaces can be. What’s best, you can integrate your blog with your wikispace. Wikispaces can work great for classrooms, work groups, families, sports teams, book and fan clubs, and more. Wikispaces offers three types of space: public, protected, and private. A public space can be viewed by anyone and can also be edited by anyone. A protected space can be viewed by anyone but can only be edited by members of the space, and a private space can only be viewed or edited by members of the space. Public and protected spaces with advertisements are free. Public and protected spaces without advertisements cost $5 a month or $50 a year. Private spaces never have advertisements and cost $5 a month or $50 a year. There are also more expensive plans that you can check on the pricing section. Wikispaces is built to work anywhere, anytime. All you need is a web browser and an Internet connection. Members can create pages and spaces without unnecessary restrictions or rules. Guests can edit pages without creating an account. Wiki pages are fully internationalized, so you can contribute content in any language you like. Wikispaces takes care of hosting, backups, and upgrades so you don’t have to. The visual page editor is as easy to use as a word processor. It lets you format your text, insert images and files, and link to other pages using a simple toolbar.
Wikispaces.com In Their Own Words
“Wikispaces is run by Tangient which is Dominick Bellizzi, James Byers and Adam Frey. We’re continually refining Wikispaces based on input from our communities and members. The majority of tools that exist to publish content on the Internet are either one-to-many (e.g. personal websites, blogs, news sites) or short-lived (forums / message boards, FAQs, etc.). Wikispaces gives groups the freedom to publish pages that are long-lived, regularly updated, and built by many contributors. We give you the space to both publish and discuss content, without tangling the two together.”
Why Wikispaces.com It Might Be A Killer
Wikispaces has a unique angle on the whole wiki scheme. While most wikis are very engineer-focused, meaning by that hard to use and full of features only a geek could love, Wikispaces is easy to use and easy to adopt for all kinds of audiences. Using this simple tool you can focus on building content, talking with other members, and growing your community.
Some Questions About Wikispaces.com
How will they be able to compete with a large number of websites providing wiki hosting and other similar services? How many people are willing to pay some of the spaces they offer? Will Wikispaces be able to grab a significant portion of the market? 
