Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'wikipedia'

We asked our readers a few weeks ago if they can beat Wikipedia in the Google results? The answer is yes, most SEOs believe they can beat Wikipedia's listings in the Google results. 81% of SEOs feel they can beat...

Posted on May 29, 2009 7:22 AM

We have written about Wikipedia's dominance of the Google search results plenty of times. A new thread at WebmasterWorld asks if it is possible to beat a number one Wikipedia ranking at Google. I wanted to poll our audience to...

Posted on May 11, 2009 8:11 AM

After we first announced Google's intention to launch Knol, their knowledgebase, we learned yesterday that the project is finally live. Here's a small little screenshot of Google Knol: Will it be the Wikipedia killer, a many people have been wondering...

Posted on July 24, 2008 9:21 AM

Similar to a Wikipedia of sorts, Google has planned on launching Project "Knol," which looks very similar to the infamous Wikipedia. Danny Sullivan has an incredible writeup on Google Knol with screenshots and a brief history of competing websites (Wikipedia,...

Posted on December 14, 2007 9:27 AM

The Register reports about some corruption that was discovered within Wikipedia: the existence of a secret mailing list that cracks down on users why may be threats to Wikipedia administrators' power. The article goes into depth about what ensued, what...

Posted on December 7, 2007 7:08 AM

A High Rankings Forums member wonders if there's a way to check how many links are on Wikipedia. A few people say yes, you can. Some possible methods of exploration include the linkdomain:yoursite.com site:wikipedia.org or Google Webmaster Tools. But Barry,...

Posted on November 16, 2007 9:55 AM

Web users rely on community-contributed-content sites such as Wikipedia and Yahoo Answers. These sites enable you to communicate directly with an engaged audience. But contribute to the conversation with care. Too much spin and you're credibility will be shot-and your...

Posted on October 17, 2007 3:40 PM

If Wikipedia content wasn't so full of holes and easy to steal then less might people might be doing this. One member on Webmasterworld explains how he steals Wikipedia content and uses it on his page. You'd think such behavior...

Posted on September 13, 2007 11:25 AM

According to reports in the San Jose Mercury News, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, is looking to build a "a community-programmed search engine that competes with Google." His company, Wikia, has just purchased technology to create such an engine. As...

Posted on July 30, 2007 8:53 AM

LeeAnn Prescott from Hitwise posted Google Traffic To Wikipedia up 166% Year over Year. She has hard stats that prove what SEOs and Webmasters have been claiming for the past year plus. Wikipedia Treated Too Well in Google? from August...

Posted on February 19, 2007 7:26 AM

I found a thread at DigitalPoint Forums that made me smile. Remember all out coverage over the past years on how well Google treats the Wikipedia in the search results? If not, here is a quick summary: Wikipedia Treated Too...

Posted on February 13, 2007 7:26 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread discusses how Google may be treating Wikipedia a bit too well. We all have seen it, search on anything generic and you are likely to find a Wikipedia result at the top. Here are some random examples...

Posted on January 23, 2007 8:15 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread reports that Wikipedia has added nofollow attributes to all the links within the English Wikipedia. Joost had the scoop sharing that due to the most recent SEO contest, the founder, Jimbo Wales, has ordered that the...

Posted on January 22, 2007 7:13 AM

As expected, Jimmy Wales, founder of the Wikipedia, has launched his search engine, named Wikiseek.com. (This is not a search engine by Wikipedia, but it does use Wikipedia's content - sorry, still catching up). All I have seen are negative...

Posted on January 17, 2007 7:38 AM

Wow, tons of buzz over the weekend over a new search engine started by Jimmy Wales, founder of the Wikipedia. The new engine is to be named wikiasari. The story was broken on The Times in the UK, where it...

Posted on December 25, 2006 8:21 AM

An interesting thread has been started on the SEW Forums regarding a paragraph in the Wikipedia External Linking Guide. It discusses the possibility of sharing link spam data with Google (and presumably other interested parties) in order to monitor and...

Posted by evilgreenmonkey on October 11, 2006 5:53 PM

A WebmasterWorld thread discusses webmaster complaints with Google treating the Wikipedia too well. Meaning, the Wikipedia ranks well for so many different keywords. Often people mock the Wikipedia, because the information sometimes found there is not 100% accurate, since it...

Posted on August 11, 2006 8:16 AM