[WikiEN-l] Google hit rankings

Thu May 12 17:58:58 UTC 2005

Nathan Wong wrote:
> Why does Wikipedia seem to be so low recently? It seems to be barely
> featured for lots of common searches, whereas various snapshots and
> Wikipedia mirrors are indexed frequently. For example:
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=prime+minister+of+the++united+kingdom&fsrc=1&oi=moresources
> 
> http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Australia+capital&fsrc=1&oi=moresources
> (those are question answers, but thats what many people may look for).
> 
> With Wikipedia being such a popular site, I'd have thought that it might
> be higher.

Quite a few mirrors have Google Ads; Wikipedia doesn't. You might
find your answer there....

-a

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