http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/ Angela Beesley Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:24:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Angela Beesley Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:11:10 +0000 http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/#comment-508 It's important that they have relevant results ranking highly, not that they necessarily link to Wikipedia highly, though since Wikipedia is so often relevant to searches for encyclopedic information, it is surprising to see MSN shows those links so much less frequently than Google or Yahoo. It’s important that they have relevant results ranking highly, not that they necessarily link to Wikipedia highly, though since Wikipedia is so often relevant to searches for encyclopedic information, it is surprising to see MSN shows those links so much less frequently than Google or Yahoo.

]]> http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/comment-page-1/#comment-506 chrisf Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:32:55 +0000 http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/#comment-506 Interesting, but as a follow-up question, what is your opinion regarding how good a thing it is for search engines to have Wiki and Wikipedia articles ranking highly? Interesting, but as a follow-up question, what is your opinion regarding how good a thing it is for search engines to have Wiki and Wikipedia articles ranking highly?

]]> http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Angela Beesley Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:37:23 +0000 http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/#comment-363 Encarta not being open doesn't seem to prevent them indexing it. If you search for <a href="http://search.ninemsn.com.au/results.aspx?q=%22A+wiki+is+a+type+of+server+software+that+enables+users+to+create+or+alter+content+on+a+Web+page.%22&mkt=en-AU&form=QBRE&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=Search" rel="nofollow">"A wiki is a type of server software that enables users to create or alter content on a Web page"</a>, you get an Encarta result in Yahoo, Google and MSN. Encarta not being open doesn’t seem to prevent them indexing it. If you search for
“A wiki is a type of server software that enables users to create or alter content on a Web page”, you get an Encarta result in Yahoo, Google and MSN.

]]> http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/comment-page-1/#comment-362 gabriel Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:14:25 +0000 http://wikiangela.com/blog/wikipedia-search-engine-research/#comment-362 Maybe is because Wikipedia is open, and the bots can index all of the content. Encarta does't. Maybe is because Wikipedia is open, and the bots can index all of the content. Encarta does’t.

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