<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Foot Locker Launches Sneakerpedia, a [b]Wikipedia for Sneakerheads[/b]
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In a bid to position itself as an online industry authority and snare some search traffic, Foot Locker has launched Sneakerpedia, a Wikipedia for sneakerheads. Thought modeled on Wikipedia, the site, which went live on May 17, differs in several ...

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This is going to piss off Jimbo. Why wouldn't sneaker lovers gravitate to his more lucrative Shoes Wiki. I mean, it already has 6 pages to its credit!

Foot Locker could have even just sponsored Shoes Wiki:

If you look at the page for any particular model of "sneaker", they have cleverly included little avatars of the people that created or worked on the page. I bet that really motivates some people. Someone should suggest this for WP!

Five weeks later... still going strong with those same 6 pages. Woo hoo, Gil and Jimbo! This calls for a few minutes on the company trampoline! (Take off your sneakers before jumping, though.)