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Wikipedia: Page one of Google UK for 99% of searches
Posted By Sam,
February 8th, 2012
There’s been a lot of questions in blogs for ages wondering why Google loves Wikipedia so much and why it is so dominant in Google and how dominant it actually is. Everything we search for in Google seems to have Wikipedia on at least page one. So we thought it was about time we did some research to get some clarity.
I’ve seen previous research done in this area in one instance the searches conducted were for actual Wikipedia page titles, which of course it would do well in. So we searched nouns (Def. A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things) from a couple of random noun generators. A full list of the words we searched are below. (more…)
Is this the best Wikipedia page ever?
Posted By Sam,
October 31st, 2011
I never used to think that there was a “Best Wikipedia page”, just ones that desperately needed work, and ones that didn’t.
I’ve been casually editing Wikipedia pages for a few years and encourage people at IP to do as much as possible. If they see a dodgy link, a typo or more importantly some spurious content that isn’t justified, then they should get in there and tidy it up.
With this bit of knowledge we know how hard it is to create the perfect Wikipedia page.
Due to its openness Wikipedia content can change and reform into an abomination, especially if the wikipedia spammers and vandals take hold of your page. Plus I personally have a non-deletion attitude, giving everyone as much chance to add to their favourite topics as possible. (more…)
Wikipedia to appoint Editors – is that a good thing?
Posted By Jon,
January 29th, 2009
In my mind Wikipedia is the best most fullfilling, groundbreaking website ever made, better than the BBC, better than Youtube, better even than Google (do i really mean that – i’ll have a think?). (more…)