What If One Day Wikipedia Began to Sell Google AdSense Ads?

I think i read it somewhere, dont remember where..

However, This fact cannot be denied that the popularity of wikipedia is solely due to google. Wikipedia has done no advertising whatsoever. Its google who has fuelled wiki's popularity since every search shows wiki's page as the first result relating to that keyword. This clearly indicates that Google's SERPS are biased towards wiki.

If tomorrow, google were to pull of this act , then the popularity of wiki would severly decrease. Every schoolboy knows what google is, but he doesnt know what wikipedia is. Its due to google that wiki became known.

Also read that Google offers to Host wikipedia

(article here : http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1764349,00.asp) Isnt too much dependency a tell-tale sign that wikipedia and Google will soon be one ?

 

No way...... Maybe the visitors ignore the ads... but they wont dissapear as long as the content is there......

 

http://www.hostip.info/index.html

Google doesn't host it.
Host name: google.com
IP address: 64.233.167.99
Location: Mountain View, CA, UNITED STATES


Host name: wikipedia.com
IP address: 66.230.200.100
Location: Tampa, FL, UNITED STATES

 

Wrong. Everyone and their mother knows Wikipedia now. Severely decrease is NOT a problem since they are popular enough TODAY. And you can bet everything that every schoolboy knows what wikipedia is! Wikipedia helps SO many people with school work these days it's insane.

http://alexa.kingnic.com/data/details/traffic_details/wikipedia.org

Wikipedia.org has a traffic rank of: 8

I do agree that Google made Wikipedia known--due to the ranking of Wikipedia for VERY competitive terms.

THANKS FOR STARTING THIS TOPIC Minterest. Rep added. Finally an interesting discussion in the AdSense section, lol.

 

Oh I have read that Yahoo offered their web hosting to Wikipedia for free....but dont knw whether they accepted that offer or not....... read it here http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,120360-page,1/article.html

 

There was a part on their donation FAQ (which has since been removed) that addressed advertising on Wikipedia.

It said something about not wanting to be seen as endorsing one adverting company.

Which is crazy because if they put Adsense on their pages then they would easily make the money to do the stuff they want like put on events in Africa and such.

 

Ya, because they'll have a premium adsense account and they'll be able to do whatever.

 

That part is a secret.

 

Ofcourse they can and they did (video.google.com).
But it is 10% not so popular than youtube.

 

They would use up all the adsense inventory

 

Yahoo also has a video section.

 

google already had Google Videos when they bought youtube google videos didnt do that well compared to youtube but after google bought youtube than youtube is doing much better than before

 

And of course the content, you cannot forget the content.

 

the wikipedia people are some smart webmasters but financial idiots if they implemented ads they could contribute more, kinda the whole purpose of the site to donate more...just my two cents

 

then Jimmy Wales will be filthy rich!

 

yes i too had a similar idea and i bet they can make millions in a month from there , i would say wiki could be the biggest mfa

 

Ha ha ha..... Biggest MFA

If it is the case... then what do you call Yahoo? Made For Banner Ads?

and what will you call Google? Made For AdWords?

 

I am really sure that wikipedia had adsense a few years ago and that they take it off... anyone can answer me if I am ok?

 

No.... I think they never sold any ads....

 

Wikipedia is a non-profit organization. But if they did put adsense ads, I'm not that sure that they will get many clicks. Most people are searching for information on Wikipedia, not looking to explore our sites or buy anything. So, the amount of clicks will not be as high as we may actually think.