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Good grief. One site is for CONTENT and the other is for FUNDRAISING and other related activities of the non-profit organization. That's an awfully big nit.
by GiraffeNecktie 15y ago
Good grief. One site is for CONTENT and the other is for FUNDRAISING and other related activities of the non-profit organization.
That's an awfully big nit.
- zone411 15y agoPlease read about how PageRank works. There is no distinction whatsoever about why they are able to sell links on that page (because of all outside links to Wikipedia) and no distinction about who the money goes to (Wikimedia). There is no substantive difference at all.
- GiraffeNecktie 15y agoNo substantive difference? They are different sites, with different domain names. The fact that they are related and have a lot of common links is utterly irrelevant. Sure Wikimedia has an oddly high pagerank due to ties with Wikipedia but that's just a quirk of Google's algorithm (and lucky for Wikimedia when selling sponsorships) but so what? I don't see your point.
- zone411 15y agoThe point is that Wikimedia is blatantly breaking Google's spam guidelines. Whether they sell links on Wikipedia or Wikimedia domains makes little difference as to their effectiveness in improving spammers' rankings in the search engines. It is not "lucky" for Wikimedia. It is an exploitation of Wikipedia's power and as the cited email shows, they know it.