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I think it would lead to more spam on Wikipedia. So no, it would be a bad idea. Note that Wikipedia already discourage search engines from interpreting their l
by mooism2 15y ago
I think it would lead to more spam on Wikipedia. So no, it would be a bad idea.
Note that Wikipedia already discourage search engines from interpreting their links as endorsements (rel=nofollow) for precisely this reason.
- RBerenguel 15y agoAgreed with your point (although I wasn't aware of wp's nofollow rule).
- amichail 15y agoWikipedia already has mechanisms in place for dealing with spam. Wikipedia and Google might rise up to the challenge of dealing with more spam on Wikipedia arising from using it as a ranking function.