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Or maybe wikivoyage was incorrectly flagged as a spam website that duplicates content from wikitravel?

• arp242 5y ago
  Yes, that would be my guess. I talked to some people from Wikivoyage years ago, and one of the problems they talked about is that they were getting penalized for "duplicate content" a lot even though Wikivoyage was clearly the better alternative in every way (according to them anyway, I can't attest if that's true or not, or if it's still true since this was years ago). It's not hard to imagine the "duplicate score ranking" got one-upped to "spam domain ranking".
  • Scoundreller 5y ago
    Wikivoyage, by being updated (even subtly) probably gets flagged as spun content.
  • splonk 5y ago
    "better alternative in every way" is overstating things a bit, but my experience when I've sporadically done side-by-side comparisons is that Wikivoyage tends to be more up to date and complete. However, there have definitely been a few articles where Wikitravel was considerably better. Neither is very good for business listings (out of date, spammy, badly sampled). WV tends to be better with practical information, like transportation options from the airport, and how to use public transit. I think the general idea is that power users on travel community sites mostly choose to use WV at this point, but WT tends to rank higher in searches, so it may get more edits from other people.