[Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread Oliver Keyes
The answer, evidently, is not as much as Bing - http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study Thought people might find it interesting :) -- Oliver Keyes Community Liaison, Product Development Wikimedia Foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread Richard Symonds
Thanks for this, Oliver - really helpful! Richard Symonds Office Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0992 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in England and Wales, No: 6741827. Charity No:1144513 Office: 4th Floor, Development

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread Fred Bauder
The answer, evidently, is not as much as Bing - http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study Thought people might find it interesting :) No question that we are a center of attention for Google. I've noticed that when I

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread Pedro Sanchez
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: The answer, evidently, is not as much as Bing - http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study Thought people might find it interesting :) No question

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread Andrew Gray
On 20 March 2012 17:20, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: The answer, evidently, is not as much as Bing - http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study Thought people might find it interesting :) No question that we

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread Tom Morris
On 20 March 2012 18:24, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: (The SEO people are correct that Wikipedia has a high Google ranking, and correct that this is something of an odd skew on Google's part. What always amuses me is the recurrent belief that Wikipedia deliberately tries to do

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread David Gerard
On 20 March 2012 18:39, Tom Morris t...@tommorris.org wrote: On 20 March 2012 18:24, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: (The SEO people are correct that Wikipedia has a high Google ranking, and correct that this is something of an odd skew on Google's part. What always amuses me is

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread Fred Bauder
Perhaps they honestly believe that their keyword-primed advertorial page is actually more useful than a Wikipedia page and are astounded that Google might have the temerity to disagree. ;-) -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ We can't create a new page based on a press release or an

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread geni
On 20 March 2012 17:07, Oliver Keyes oke...@wikimedia.org wrote: The answer, evidently, is not as much as Bing - http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study Thought people might find it interesting :) Wikipedia has typicaly

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread MZMcBride
Fred Bauder wrote: Perhaps they honestly believe that their keyword-primed advertorial page is actually more useful than a Wikipedia page and are astounded that Google might have the temerity to disagree. ;-) We can't create a new page based on a press release or an advertisement. Usually a

Re: [Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

2012-03-20 Thread Fred Bauder
Fred Bauder wrote: Perhaps they honestly believe that their keyword-primed advertorial page is actually more useful than a Wikipedia page and are astounded that Google might have the temerity to disagree. ;-) We can't create a new page based on a press release or an advertisement. Usually