jdancing - 4:42 pm on Dec 13, 2005 (gmt 0)

I have been hearing a lot about how great Wikis are and am wondering if anyone has had experience adding and running a Wiki on their website. My experience is pretty much limited to Wikipedia and I have not really run across many sites using Wikis in my day-to-day web surfing. So I have a few questions:

** Are Wikis hard to set up on an existing website? (Meaning lots of server-side work to get them up and running)

** Are busy Wikis a nightmare to keep up with? Since anyone can pretty much edit on site documents, it seems there would be a lot of comments and edits that would need to be reversed, research for validity, or corrected on a daily basis.

** What are the best uses for a Wiki?

** Does Wiki content have the same SEO benefit as adding a blog or forum to a website?

** What Wiki software offers the best ease of use, performance and largest active user base? (pay or free – does not matter – I would want the best)

Thanks,

JD