To the OP - the wiki-nazis are gonna get youuuuuuuu... (insert scary music) If you start putting links in wiki you better be ready to defend'em. IMO it's not worth the trouble. Even if you put a link that is 100% relevant and on topic, all it takes is one wiki-nazi to disagree and they'll delete it. And if they find ANY advertising on the site you've linked to - you're gone. Then they'll search through ALL of your edits that you've ever made and delete every single link you've ever placed. Because now they consider you a spammer. It's basically "mob rule" on wiki. It's a shame really because google places such a high priority on wiki links. Just check the SERPS for most terms you can think of and they'll usually be a wiki article in the top 10. If you continue to try and place links on wiki after the wiki-nazi gets you, first they'll ban your user account, then your IP.
If you manage to keep the link there posted then you are doing great and the link values as much as any other PR6 website which is relevant to your business. Regards
I have had a link at one wikipedia page for a number of years. And it does get me a bit of traffic. You are correct. I didn't add my link, I found out from my site stats. Some wiki pages are watched carefully by wikipedians who have a great interest in whatever the subject is, so they'll quickly trash a link that isn't worthy. And MFA article sites definitely fall in the 'not worthy' category. Though Wikipedia isn't after unique content. They're after substantiated content. What's on the Wikipedia entry should really be a well worded rehash from a reliable source. The reliable source should be original. Which of course rules out MFA sites with content sourced from article directories and even PLR purchased articles.
Well with the recent addition of nofollow to the en.wikipedia site, those links hold no PR weight anymore right?
the best plan is to build up your own 'authority' within the wikipedia community. with more trust and 'edits' under your belt, the more likely your links stay is what I have been reading so far
Correct, a link could give some traffic but no PR. Wikipedia did this to discourage PR hunters from stalking the wiki sites.
In the recent PR update all of my level 1 sub-pages went to a 3 except for the two pages that had wikipedia links, they went to PR1. The links have been there for a while, I didn't even know they reinstated the nofollow at wikipedia.
Depending, it's all depeding how many links that wikipedia page got... if i will create a produc called "red alert seo advanced 7000" and i will do a wikipedia page for it, i won't so much PR... then ... from Search Engine Optimization page from wikipedia...
i think that wikipedia using "nofollow" so you will not get any backlinks but you can get some traffic
I dont care about backlinks to be honest. Just give me the damn traffic! Working good for me, bad PR or not.
Who seriously cares about PR though? You can have a PR9 page with no traffic, but a PR1 site with many thousands a day. Even without getting a backlink, links from wikipedia give you traffic, and I personally would much rather have people coming from wikipedia and clicking ads than anything else.
all wikipedia sites are adding nofollow to external links. after now , links on wiki does not have any value
i have 3 links from wikipedia, 2 directed to one site and one link to another, yet after this PR update the only change i noticed that internal pages got PR4 (mostly) as well, but front pages of both sites remains PR4 like before...
Yes if you are talking about traffic then ye, but if you add a directory and related it dos not have any sense :/
I've got a few links on Wiki and its definitely good for PR, but i've found it good for traffic is you are in the right niche. The ones I have where not evne put in by me but by someone else. I've tried in a couple of pages, but links where always removed. Now when I add content I don't usally even add links or if I do they are not to one of my sites. Bruce