2009/6/22 Ian Woollard <ian.wooll...@gmail.com>:
> On 22/06/2009, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From a news company's POV there is little point in sending someone to
>> Iran to report on events if people are only going to read your reports
>> as rehashed by blogs and wikipedia.
>
> Actually, the Wikipedia does at least usually refer to the original
> source; most conventional media don't even bother. So, while they
> don't get link juice, they will get some click-throughs.

Do we have any stats on how often people click the links in
references? I suspect not. It would be good if we could get some,
though.

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