Got backlinked from Wikipedia

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by InnovationZen, Sep 23, 2006.

  1. #1
    Yesterday I was checking logs and there was 5 people coming through wikipedia... then I went to check the specific page but my link was gone, probably someone added it in the "Extra Resources", and someone else removed it after 5 minutes.

    I wonder what is their policy to add links that have resources for a certain word.
     
    InnovationZen, Sep 23, 2006 IP
  2. reteep

    reteep Active Member

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    #2
    No community sites allowed and they don't like commercial sites (sites with ads)
     
    reteep, Sep 24, 2006 IP
  3. JKE

    JKE Peon

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    #3
    I tried to get on wiki with one section of my site (of many+) as it is clear to my valued return visitors i am in fact the #1 resource, wiki however felt otherwise, dropped after a few days.

    - just noted reteep's comment. Well i guess that explains it. Yeah i have adsense heh
     
    JKE, Sep 24, 2006 IP
  4. AtanasYanev

    AtanasYanev Active Member

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    #4
    I have several websites in wiki...
    Each one of them is with 3x 336 boxes, so I think the ads are not the problem ;) It's the content and the chance ;)
     
    AtanasYanev, Sep 24, 2006 IP
  5. Pat Gael

    Pat Gael Banned

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    #5
    Answers is a commercial site displaying wikipedia results, and there is an exact fetched-copy of wikipedia under a nation-like name and displaying adsense everywhere.

    I reported that site, and wikipedia's staff said it was okay.

    However, I don't understand why InnovationZen posted here, this is Adsense forum, not Wikipedia Forum :confused:
     
    Pat Gael, Sep 24, 2006 IP
  6. InnovationZen

    InnovationZen Well-Known Member

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    #6
    this is google forum, i was considering the PR one get from a wikipedia backlink
     
    InnovationZen, Sep 24, 2006 IP
  7. zehrila

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    i have two backlinks from wikipedia but i dont think they pass any PR
     
    zehrila, Sep 24, 2006 IP
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    Same here. I don't really understand the whole Wikipedia link building thing.
     
    MjBeaud, Sep 24, 2006 IP
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    they don't pass pr (nofollow) but there are many people that considers wikipedia as a helpful resource and the links could be used as a traffic resource. ;)
     
    121603, Sep 24, 2006 IP
  10. Gede

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    I am sure that there will be smart Wikipedia editors....

    Not all links are "nofollow", in my "sector" I already saw a smart editor, make a neutral page and link to that. From the neutral page, link your "commercials".
     
    Gede, Sep 24, 2006 IP
  11. rosiee007

    rosiee007 Notable Member

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    #11
    "official" + "commercial" sites are allowed by Wiki. I'm working on a site for a client (its a regional travel website, and ofcourse we are earning revenue from it). We submitted it to Wiki, as another competitor website was also listed in Wiki. However, our suggestion was removed because we were not "THE OFFICIAL TOURISM SITE".

    And ofcourse the competitor site is bigger than us and earns 10 times more revenue off their site than we do!
     
    rosiee007, Sep 24, 2006 IP
  12. shameshame

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    #12
    Wikipedia is great source of information.
     
    shameshame, Sep 25, 2006 IP
  13. dugu

    dugu Active Member

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    Hey, where can we sugest sites to wikipedia?
     
    dugu, Sep 25, 2006 IP
  14. Indian

    Indian Peon

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    #14
    Links on wikipedia bring huge traffic. Most of the links will be removed from pages by the admins on wikipedia. I have seen alot of links on wikipedia which are owned by the admins themseleves. You should try adding links to pages which say "This article about XXX or XXX is a stub. See the WikiProject XXX for article coordination. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it." Links added on such pages are reviewed and get a permanent place. I have 5-10 links on wikipedia since some days now.
     
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  15. indianseo

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    #15
    IMO informative sites get listed and stay there without any problem.
    If it is some competitive category, then any point it can be removed by editors.
     
    indianseo, Sep 25, 2006 IP
  16. dugu

    dugu Active Member

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    Lool, I made an article about my directory and than add it to the directory list, and they cut it out in 3 minutes :)
     
    dugu, Sep 25, 2006 IP