Wikipedia traffic - why I am getting this??

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by drhfinegifts, Jun 9, 2006.

  1. #1
    I just noticed that I have been getting traffic from Wikipedia & I have no idea why!

    Is there a way to search it to determine what is driving the traffic to my site?

    I thought Wiki was an human-edited encyclopedia, so I don't understand this at all!
     
    drhfinegifts, Jun 9, 2006 IP
  2. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #2
    if someone found your site provide good information, the reference you site.

    You can search for your main keyword in wiki
     
    ahkip, Jun 9, 2006 IP
  3. microdude431

    microdude431 Active Member

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    It does happened. Some people even edit the articles and insert their own sites.
     
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    livingearth Well-Known Member

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    go to the page the traffic is coming from and look for the link to your site...
     
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  5. drhfinegifts

    drhfinegifts Peon

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    brian394 Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Try searching for this in Yahoo...

    linkdomain:yourdomain.com site:en.wikipedia.org

    That should show you a list of all pages on Wikipedia which link to your site. If you're just noticing the links (traffic) appearing now though, it may take a few weeks before showing up in Yahoo.

    Here's another example, let's say you wanted to see a list of all pages on Wikipedia which link to the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network). In that case you could simply type this...

    linkdomain:msdn.microsoft.com site:en.wikipedia.org
     
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  7. webmasterlabor.com

    webmasterlabor.com Peon

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    Thanks for the tip. Good answer!
     
    webmasterlabor.com, Jun 10, 2006 IP
  8. bling

    bling Peon

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    yeah i have been getting traffic from them to, i guess it has a spider
     
    bling, Jun 11, 2006 IP
  9. drhfinegifts

    drhfinegifts Peon

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    I tried this:

    But it didn't pull up anything for me.

    Maybe it was some sort of a fluke, because I haven't received any more hits from Wiki.
     
    drhfinegifts, Jun 11, 2006 IP
  10. mad4

    mad4 Peon

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    The only way you can get traffic from wikipedia is if somebody has added your link to their page.

    Somebody could be spoofing the referrer id as wikipedia I suppose but its unlikely.
     
    mad4, Jun 11, 2006 IP
  11. ahkip

    ahkip Prominent Member

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    you link might be removed..it could happen very fast

    everything is human edit, no spider is used
     
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    People add lots of links in Wikipedia, often without good reason. Sometimes within minutes, or at least in a couple of days another person who monitors the article will come along and remove them. So you might have got some hits for a short while.

    There is no spider.
     
    macdesign, Jun 11, 2006 IP
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    at times such things happens with me too as at times it displays that i got trafic from GOOGLE.co.uk (home page) and thats something make me laugh and wonder.... but till the time i am getting visitors, i am happy as i have adsense and other mode of revenue published on my site...

    so i dont thing there has to be something to fear about till the time you are not involved into some BH technique....
     
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  14. Obelia

    Obelia Notable Member

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    I notice this a lot, when I appear to be getting hits from the home page of a huge site like Wikipedia, Google, Yahoo or whatever. It's just someone who wants to surf anonymously, and has put in the fake referrer of some site they like. It's easy enough to do. It's not usually on a large enough scale to be ref. spam, so I assume it's harmless.
     
    Obelia, Jun 14, 2006 IP