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Google's loving of wikipedia is going too far...

Discussion in 'Google' started by relixx, Apr 18, 2007.

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  1. relixx

    relixx Active Member

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    #21
    It doesn't appear if you try "car information", and there's an article on cars. I wonder what the trigger(s) is/are then. I also wonder how long they've been doing this now...
     
    relixx, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    checksum Notable Member

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    #22
    Car redirects to automobile, which may be the reason Wiki isn't triggered when searching for car information, or car info.
     
    checksum, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  3. Bender

    Bender Peon

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    #23
    I think it doesn't work if the word is too general like "car" or "money" but, it works if you try something more specific, like "toyota info" :)
     
    Bender, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  4. butterfingers

    butterfingers Well-Known Member

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    #24
    You can also put 'disease' information.
    Try alzheimer info, diabetes info etc...

    I tend to agree, Google is too much..
     
    butterfingers, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  5. BigBadWolf

    BigBadWolf Well-Known Member

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    #25
    He already made over a million bucks just from donations.
     
    BigBadWolf, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  6. iatbm

    iatbm Prominent Member

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    #26
    It is not really informational site ... more like everyone can be expert on everything .... it is crap if you go into .... it is not encyclopedia for serious research ..... full of misinformation and mistakes all over ....
     
    iatbm, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  7. relixx

    relixx Active Member

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    #27
    Exactly. This is one of the reasons why I don't like Google's affection towards Wikipedia, and its the reason why many universities, etc don't allow you to use Wikipedia as a reference source.

    The average Joe trusts Google too much. They would see such preference in the results as a vouching, and if the info is wrong...
     
    relixx, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    #28
    Is wikipedia related in anyway with google?
    Or maybe they are planning to buy it.
     
    nickflame, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  9. butterfingers

    butterfingers Well-Known Member

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    #29
    Wikipedia owner will keep it free. He won't sell it anyway.
     
    butterfingers, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  10. relixx

    relixx Active Member

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    #30
    Nah, wikipedia is completely free. And google wouldnt buy it as they only buy stuff they can make money from :p
     
    relixx, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    imteaz Notable Member

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    #31
    anyone knows who is owner of wikipedia?
    is it own by some company? thanks
     
    imteaz, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  12. Anita

    Anita Peon

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    #32
    As a general user/researcher, I LOVE seeing wikipedia near the top. It typically provides what I need.
     
    Anita, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  13. Monty

    Monty Peon

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    #33
    Owned by Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization if wikipedia infos are up to date :

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
     
    Monty, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  14. iatbm

    iatbm Prominent Member

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    #34
    Wow your research is really professional ;)

    Maybe it is good for trivial data but it is not good for professional research. Facts are twisted like a person writing it want them to be...
     
    iatbm, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  15. Anita

    Anita Peon

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    #35
    True, I wouldn't base a research article from it. But it is great to learn the basics about a topic, and typically will quickly provide me with just the amount of information I need. I rarely find big mistakes on significant subjects.
     
    Anita, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    mactep Active Member

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    #36
    Why you guys consider it at least like a conspiracy?

    Wikipedia has a high Page Rank and it's content rich - it is that what google loves - relevant!
     
    mactep, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    Correctus Straight Edge

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    #37
    Try searching for The Great Khali on Google, the site in my sig deserves #2 and WWE deserves #1, but then there is Wikipedia! I'll do a blog post on this soon, seems like its going too far, if anyone has encountered any occurences of well SEO'ed and informative websites ranking below Wikipedia for highly competitive terms, please PM me so I could put that in examples

    IT
     
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    #38
    Wikipedia is a good site for general info, but it's not as great as it's made out to be. Its greatness is also its weakness. Anyone can change it so it is unreliable.
     
    bullseye, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    #39
    By the way, if you're a lazy blogger and link to Wikipedia, but don't want to pass on Google juice to it, I wrote a plugin a while back that adds rel="nofollow" to Wikipedia links.

    I can't do links yet from my account, but if you search for "wikipedia nofollow" I'm on top. My plugin home page is:

    whatjapanthinks.com/wikipedia-nofollow/
     
    KenYN, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    Mystique Well-Known Member

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    #40
    Did you mean Google admires how Wikipedia swindle people with their annual donation thingie for doing noting?No improvement to its script, no improvement to its layout, no improvements to server performance and no improvement to its content which, by the way, is not written by anyone at Wikipedia but the candid users working for free while the founders keep gathering money :rolleyes:
     
    Mystique, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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