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 >> advertise

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. > U

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

2012-03-20 Thread geni
On 20 March 2012 17:07, Oliver Keyes 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 ranked higher

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 > We can't create a new page based on a press release o

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

2012-03-20 Thread David Gerard
On 20 March 2012 18:39, Tom Morris wrote: > On 20 March 2012 18:24, Andrew Gray 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 >

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

2012-03-20 Thread Tom Morris
On 20 March 2012 18:24, Andrew Gray 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 this, that we're bribin

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

2012-03-20 Thread Andrew Gray
On 20 March 2012 17:20, Fred Bauder 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 are a center

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

2012-03-20 Thread Pedro Sanchez
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Fred Bauder 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 ar

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 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

[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 _