PB Wiki vs. Wetpaint

Because of our course wiki, many of us have developed a certain comfort level with PB Wiki. Having very limited prior experience with wikis and none with PB Wiki at all, my learning was predominately a result of trial and error.  The sidebar served as a nice "table of contents" for the user, and it easy to navigate between the pre-made pages.  Setting up our individual pages was a little challenging due to inexperience, but in the end, I managed to set it up with relative ease.

When exploring Wetpaint, I was pleasantly surprised with the vodcast explaining how a wiki can be effectively used.  Wetpaint had great "screen bubbles" giving helpful hints and explanations of the various tabs.  The "top 10 tips" gave helpful hints, and the left hand side sidebar displayed options such as add a page, recent site activity, and top contributors.

The option to select the wiki template allowed for personalization.  It does not appear this option is available to PB Wiki users.  However, a downside to Wetpaint were the ads; PB Wiki has a cleaner look since there are no ads.