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This is a project to help professional genealogists market themselves for free on FamilySearch Wiki.


'''UPDATE AS OF OCT 3, 2019''' - Since April 2009, FamilySearch has given Professional Genealogists the opportunity to advertise their services on the FamilySearch Research Wiki. This was promoted and supported by FamilySearch. However, in 2018, the FamilySearch Terms of Use were updated as follows:<br>
== FamilySearch Wiki will get you noticed&nbsp; ==


''You may not use this site or information found at this site (including the names and addresses of those who have submitted information), to sell or promote products or services, to solicit clients, or for any other commercial purpose. (For the complete [https://www.familysearch.org/legal/terms FamilySearch Terms of Use])''<br>
*In&nbsp;2009, FamilySearch Wiki is on schedule to attract twice as many visitors as the [[The_Family_History_Library|Family History Library]], even without doing any marketing or integrating with FamilySearch.org.
*FamilySearch Wiki will become a tab on FamilySearch.org in 2009, spiking traffic to the wiki.
*In 2009, FamilySearch will begin large-sc<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1239331628343_582" />ale marketing of the wiki. Read: more crazy spikes in traffic.
*As of April 2009, FamilySearch Wiki gets 75% of its traffic from search engines.


To comply with the updated FamilySearch Terms of Use, we will no longer be able to support this service. As of January 1, 2020, we will permanently delete all Wiki pages listing Professional Researcher information and we will discontinue this project. We will continue to have a page called, [[Hiring a Professional Researcher|''Hiring a Professional Genealogist,'']] listing contact information for credential organizations and organizations supporting professional genealogists.<br>
== Appropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki ==


'''UPDATE AS OF Jan 6, 2020 - Professional Genealogists pages have been removed.''' [[User:Batsondl|Batsondl]] ([[User talk:Batsondl|talk]]) 11:39, 6 January 2020 (MST)
*Post your&nbsp;education, credentials, experience, and professional associations on your user page.  
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*Attach [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subpage sub-pages] to your user page which include featured services, examples of client reports, and customer testimonials.


== Inappropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki ==


[[Category:WikiProjects]]
*Don't add an entry to&nbsp;a page like [[Ohio_Vital_Records|Ohio Vital Records]] that says ''"Joe Genius is a professional genealogist who does fee-based vital records lookups in Ohio vital records. Click here to go to his user page and see his services and fee schedule."''

Revision as of 19:54, 9 April 2009

This is a project to help professional genealogists market themselves for free on FamilySearch Wiki.

FamilySearch Wiki will get you noticed [edit | edit source]

  • In 2009, FamilySearch Wiki is on schedule to attract twice as many visitors as the Family History Library, even without doing any marketing or integrating with FamilySearch.org.
  • FamilySearch Wiki will become a tab on FamilySearch.org in 2009, spiking traffic to the wiki.
  • In 2009, FamilySearch will begin large-scale marketing of the wiki. Read: more crazy spikes in traffic.
  • As of April 2009, FamilySearch Wiki gets 75% of its traffic from search engines.

Appropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki[edit | edit source]

  • Post your education, credentials, experience, and professional associations on your user page.
  • Attach sub-pages to your user page which include featured services, examples of client reports, and customer testimonials.

Inappropriate marketing on FamilySearch Wiki[edit | edit source]

  • Don't add an entry to a page like Ohio Vital Records that says "Joe Genius is a professional genealogist who does fee-based vital records lookups in Ohio vital records. Click here to go to his user page and see his services and fee schedule."
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