Yes, it definitely does. Which actually is a problem for Wikipedia
because it encourages people/companies to try to get entries into WP for
SEO purposes and so that the sidebox will show up. I spend a lot of time
on the "articles for deletion" pages of WP trying to get these
promotional pages out of the encyclopedia. A big success is when I see
them disappear from search results. (BTW, the various ways that
self-published authors of written crap game the system is truly
astonishing. A+ for effort, and their skill in PR is way beyond their
literary skills.)
kc
On 5/6/15 8:33 AM, Bigwood, David wrote:
I have heard that at least part of the sidebox is constructed using data from
Wikipedia, especially the structured info in the infobox there.
Dave
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Tom, Google will not tell you. The entirety of how Google search works is a
trade secret. We don't know the algorithm for ranking, and we don't know what
information they glean from web pages -- and they are unlikely to tell. It is a
constant on the schema.org discussion list that developers want to know what
Google/Bing/Yahoo/Yandex will do with specific information in the web pages,
and it is a constant that the reps there reply: we cannot tell you that. The
only way to find out is to code and observe.
kc
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