WonderHowTo is a
community
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-developed
instructional video guide website
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launched on January 30, 2008.
[ WonderHowTo acts as both a ]directory
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* Directory (OpenVMS command)
* Directory service, a software application for organizing information about a computer network's u ...
and search engine
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for how-to video
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s on the web
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* Spider web, a silken structure created by the animal
* World Wide Web or the Web, an Internet-based hypertext system
Web, WEB, or the Web may also refer to:
Computing
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. The free-access website is privately owned and operated by Wonder How To, Inc.
WonderHowTo was founded in 2006 by Stephen Chao
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and Michael Goedecke.Cambridge
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, -based General Catalyst Partners, WonderHowTo.com launched as the world's largest free how-to video resource with almost 90,000 entries, hitting the 100,000th mark in less than two months.audience
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had grown to 300,000 monthly unique visitors and 800,000 by July (source: Google Analytics). Partner Scripps Networks contributes instructional segments as well as handling advertising for the site.human
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and automated curation, the how-to supersite aggregates and organizes links to thousands of videos featured on other popular how-to video site publishers, as well as specialized collections of how-to video from niche-targeted sites and servers worldwide. WonderHowTo is headquartered in Santa Monica, California
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.
Partners
On October 7, 2008, WonderHowTo signed a syndication partnership deal with VideoJug. Under the terms of the agreement, VideoJug will provide the video content to the website in return for licence fees and/or a cut of ad revenues.
WonderHowTo Network
As of 2020, the WonderHowTo network comprises several web properties including WonderHowTo.com, GadgetHacks.com, Next.Reality.News and Null-Byte
See also
* Instructables
References
External links
Official WebsiteSystem Administration TutorialsHow To Create Free Premium Canva Account
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How-to websites
American educational websites
Internet properties established in 2008
Privately held companies based in California