Comments on: Wikipedia: Special Treatment for Wikia and some other Wikis

By: Google Love Affair with Wikipedia

Google Love Affair with Wikipedia — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:07:35 +0000

[...] isn’t Wikipedia free and non commercial? Have you visited techcrunch and learned that Wikipedia has removed the no follow from links to their new commercial project wikia. Starting to see a problem yet? Who do you think is going to be the number one traffic referrer for [...]

By: Wikipedia unethical conflict of interest » Joe Szilagyi – Seattle person

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:46:35 +0000

[...] TechCrunch has an interesting story here: There was a lot of controversy recently when Wikipedia announced that all outbound links from the online encyclopedia would include the nofollow tag. The nofollow tag on a link is said to prevent link spamming since some search engines (Google among them) do not count links containing the tag towards any weighing of the destination page. What this means is that a link from Wikipedia will no longer boost the position of a page in search results, the intention being that this will deter spammers from sneaking links onto Wikipedia. [...]

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worldkontor — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:54:45 +0000

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By: This Week In SEO - 5/4/07 | TheVanBlog

This Week In SEO - 5/4/07 | TheVanBlog — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:24:19 +0000

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By: Culebrones en la red: rel=”nofollow”

Culebrones en la red: rel=”nofollow” — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:37:11 +0000

[...] la etiqueta rel=”nofollow” a los enlaces que figurasen en sus artículos, pero ahora Techcrunch comenta que esa norma no está siendo aplicada a otras comunidades de wikis emparentadas con la [...]

By: Wikipedia Review: Opinions and Editorials » Blog Archive » The tight-knit web of Wikimedia and Wikia

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:17:23 +0000

[...] An article by Nik Cubrilovic on TechCrunch.com outlined how in Febuary of 2005 the Wikipedia community voted in favor (by a [...]

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Wikipedia-markkinoinnin ABC | Nettibisnes.Info — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:24:57 +0000

[...] ihmisten pyyteetön kansanvalistus rahan tavoittelulle. (Tosin Wikipedia on tehnyt näin jo itsekin poistamalla nofollow-attribuutit kaupalliseen Wikia-sisarpalveluun osoittavista linkeistä. Näin Wikian sivut nousevat [...]

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Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:48:38 +0000

[...] Schindler, board member of the Wikimedia Germany association, reacts on recent accusations that Wikipedia doesn’t “nofollow” certain links to their own properties, like [...]

By: 谷歌治印 Google Blogoscoped 中文版 » 维基百科人谈Nofollow

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:19:46 +0000

[...] 最近有人指责维基百科对自家网站的链接不“nofollow”，像Wikia.com，但却nofollow了竞争对手的链接，如Wetpaint.com，维基媒体德国协会的董事会成员Mathias Schindler就此事发表了评论：在维基百科创立之初，有个工具使用下面的样式来建立链接到其它维基站点的链接： [...]

By: Wikipedia - No Link to External Sites? « Power of Thought

Wikipedia - No Link to External Sites? « Power of Thought — Thu, 31 May 2007 09:10:37 +0000

[...] Original URL: http://www.tech...nd-other-wikis/ [...]

By: Error Forum Blog » Blog Archive » Wikipedia Drinking The Yes-Follow Juice

Fri, 18 May 2007 06:18:48 +0000

[...] seems that all Wikipedia links are not what they appear to be, however, as TechCrunch discover: “It seems that while the nofollow tag is added to the standard outbound links, it isn’t [...]

By: Ouromarketing » Blog Archive Exploit in Wikipedia: It is wide open for spamming »

Thu, 10 May 2007 11:47:26 +0000

[...] TechCrunch wrote about preferences that Wikipedia gives to Wikia sites in link coverage and blamed Jimmy Wales [...]

By: John

John — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:52:42 +0000

Good points, BadCop.

Does anybody believe for a second Wikipedia is the only site that’s ever dealt with spam…? It’s amazing how many sites have come up with better solutions.

By: Badcop666

Badcop666 — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:04:02 +0000

To Wmahan:-

get lazy and re-prioritize – don’t spend so many hours removing spam links – that’s just bathing in the bloody of martyrs – well, at least, don’t do it and then complain about it.

If wikipedia is as cool as it’s cracked up to be, then it will develop an easy mechanism for external links to be moderated by the community.

Spam is just the real world, if you don’t like it, do something about it or go live in a cave, just don’t complain to everyone else.

By: Badcop666

Badcop666 — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:59:19 +0000

It’s a wiki – spam links won’t last long? Isn’t that the theory?
Automation vs. social management – web 2.0 – perhaps profit margin isn’t open to democratic decision-making?

Having his photo on the cover of so many magazines claiming he is ‘Google’s worst nightmare’ has gone to Mr Wales’ head.

Indeed, begging the question.

By: John

John — Mon, 07 May 2007 05:43:19 +0000

Jimbo’s decision to veto a vote by Wikipedians is foul. Mr Wales has a pretty strong interest in both the Wikimedia Foundadion and Wikia, and is using his selective no-follow to compete unfairly. If the man wasn’t leveraging the popularity of content WRITTEN BY VOLUNTEERS he wouldn’t use his software to automatically no follow all links except inter-wiki ones.

And with all the spam-ARTICLES, let alone poor overall quality and page-ownership by some editors, spam-links really aren’t the problem.

More: http://alexande...e-bush-now.html

By: Wmahan

Wmahan — Fri, 04 May 2007 18:21:52 +0000

As someone who has spent far too many hours removing spam links from Wikipedia, I can attest that nofollow is a good thing for the project. To me Jimbo made absolutely the right decision, and the accusation of nefarious motives is simply unfounded.

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:28:36 +0000

I think some people are over-estimating its value. HOWEVER, the fact that some over-estimate it shouldn’t be used as a straw-man argument to imply the value is zero. And while any particular link may be of small value, those add up in the aggregate.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:19:41 +0000

Actual discussion is ensuing. If our Google-fu is so goshdarn superpowered, then I’m pushing strongly for it to be used to favour genuine Free Content. Discussion:

http://meta.wik...82.2F14.2F07.29
http://meta.wik...larification.3F

By: Ted Wilson

Ted Wilson — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:35:51 +0000

Right decision regarding nofollow tag

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Wikipedia posts battle against link spamming! - Affiliate Marketing Forum — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:02:32 +0000

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By: Pip Bennett

Pip Bennett — Tue, 01 May 2007 11:09:38 +0000

Wondering at the success of a certain wiki (wikitravel), I noticed that it too has an absence of nofollow links: http://en.wikip...g/wiki/Tanzania is an example.

It is very difficult for other wikis to compete (I am certainly not denying I have vested interests) if certain wikis are given such authority bearing links. Even if the other wikis have better information they will simply be missed.

The search engines all treat no follow links differently: http://www.sear...attribute/4801/ but that does not mean that the playing field should not be level – coming up on google results really does matter!

By: Wikipedia Links To Wikia Search While Maintaining “No Follow” For Other Sites » D’ Technology Weblog: Technology News & Reviews

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:23:56 +0000

[...] Techcrunch reporting that Wikipedia was giving special treatment to their own properties, in terms of using standard, non-nofollowed, links to Wikia, “Wikipedia’s for-profit spin off.” [...]

By: GreenReaper

GreenReaper — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:58:35 +0000

How about changing it to “I’m Feeling Wiki?”

Wikipedia has links to sites which share similar goals but in more specialized topics. Such links are checked beforehand to help cut down on spammers trying to get a free pass to SEO. The Interwiki system is a feature of the wiki software and is in use on many other wikis.

Wikia hosts many of these websites, because it is one of the most popular wiki hosts. Its communities request such links because, frankly, Wikipedia doesn’t want what some see as “unreferenced fancruft”, but also doesn’t want to just turn away people looking for more information, even if it is “original research”. Often, that’s the best sort.

I, like the majority of Wikipedia users, am in favour of removing nofollow on all links.

By: David Gerard

David Gerard — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:40:43 +0000

Joe Szilyagi has had the errors in his above comment pointed out at length on wikien-l, but has chosen to ignore this in making the above comment. Were I ungenerous I would assume it was to grandstand, but I shall assume good faith and presume amnesia.