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Wikipedia is a fairly reliable, even handed source on most subjects. A general search engine will always rank it highly...

• domnuprofesor 7y ago
  Why not then list britannica.com or encyclopedia.com first? Britannica must be by all standards more reliable than Wikipedia. You cannot get around the fact that Wikipedia gets special treatment from Google.
  • yowza 7y ago
    It is what it is. It is what google think was the right approach. Other search engines might use a different approach you might want to try them.
  • reportgunner 7y ago
    Britannica is not free and not a non-profit. Wikipedia is completely free and is a non-profit. Also I got 3 popups 10 seconds after arriving to the page, no thanks ! I would argue that google got more popular thanks to Wikipedia and Wikipedia became widely used thanks to Google.
    • domnuprofesor 7y ago
      so, not free websites or non-profit should count in the search ranking? This is an outrageous argument and I hope you can see how bad of an argument that is. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II has one pop-up (can be easily blocked) and quality content. I agree with "I would argue that google got more popular thanks to Wikipedia and Wikipedia became widely used thanks to Google."
      • reportgunner 7y ago
        >so, not free websites or non-profit should count in the search ranking? No. Free websites are generally more relevant since you don't have to pay any money to view content. Also it is evident that you know of britannica existence if you have purchased a membership. Why use google to search for articles on a site you subscribe to ? I still don't understand why you posted this thread ? Whom should do what to fix this ?
        • domnuprofesor 7y ago
          I know of Britannica from two decades now. Britannica has free quality content online besides the paid premium. Google should rank that content accordingly. It seems you don't see the big picture here. Google artificially positioned Wikipedia in the top just because they liked the project and resonated with their values.
          • reportgunner 7y ago
            >It seems you don't see the big picture here. I see and I agree with you 100% on that statement. What I don't see is what was the expectations behind submitting your post. Do you want us to stop using wikipedia now ? Or stop using google ? Should we sign a petition to google to change this ?
            • domnuprofesor 7y ago
              Now I get you. My expectation would be that this post would be heard by Google and Google would make the appropriate changes: first and foremost, position Wikipedia on its proper place in the search results and give other websites a fair game.