Comments on: Can I get my money back, Wikipedia? http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/ new media strategies and other marketing gems Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:14:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Penny Gould http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-82309 Penny Gould Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:11:04 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-82309 OK I am trying to get this follow/no follow concept down, and now I get it! Are you saying you submitted an article to Wiki with your link on it, google won't follow it, but humans will? In an organic sense, that makes sense, in that we want to be valued by humans! They are de-valueing the robots, and elevating the value of humans! OK I am trying to get this follow/no follow concept down, and now I get it! Are you saying you submitted an article to Wiki with your link on it, google won’t follow it, but humans will? In an organic sense, that makes sense, in that we want to be valued by humans! They are de-valueing the robots, and elevating the value of humans!

]]> By: Investing in your Business or Industry with the MillionDollarWiki | The Marketing Technology Blog http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-54369 Investing in your Business or Industry with the MillionDollarWiki | The Marketing Technology Blog Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:26:56 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-54369 [...] For all you folks that have read Wikinomics, you understand the value in a collaborative project. Wikipedia is a fantastic example of this - thousands of people adding to the content of an online [...] [...] For all you folks that have read Wikinomics, you understand the value in a collaborative project. Wikipedia is a fantastic example of this – thousands of people adding to the content of an online [...]

]]> By: Data Governance http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-54128 Data Governance Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:31:49 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-54128 I jumped into the blog game fairly recently, when wikipedia had already implemented the nofollow thing, so I missed that boat. I must say though, that I linked to an article on one of my blogs from a wikipedia page and it is still a large contributer of traffic. I jumped into the blog game fairly recently, when wikipedia had already implemented the nofollow thing, so I missed that boat. I must say though, that I linked to an article on one of my blogs from a wikipedia page and it is still a large contributer of traffic.

]]> By: Online Career http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-50207 Online Career Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:01:04 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-50207 Changing to no follow was a very misleading step for wiki to take and im sure they suffered in terms on content creation as a result. On the other hand its not all bad, you can still get traffic from your links. Changing to no follow was a very misleading step for wiki to take and im sure they suffered in terms on content creation as a result. On the other hand its not all bad, you can still get traffic from your links.

]]> By: Gerry http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-46376 Gerry Tue, 29 May 2007 16:09:01 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-46376 I have been told Wikipedia have also added no follow to the comment linkbacks I have been told Wikipedia have also added no follow to the comment linkbacks

]]> By: More Customers More Sales http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-46262 More Customers More Sales Sun, 27 May 2007 21:31:02 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-46262 I have the feeling that nofollow links will eventually (they might allready do) contribute to your search engine ranking. Just think about what a nofollow link is: It's the most unbiased, unspammed and PR-greed free link on the Net. What search engine in their right mind would disregard this additional information on a websites importance. I'm sure Google have a secret nofollow rank for webpages :) I have the feeling that nofollow links will eventually (they might allready do) contribute to your search engine ranking.

Just think about what a nofollow link is: It’s the most unbiased, unspammed and PR-greed free link on the Net. What search engine in their right mind would disregard this additional information on a websites importance.

I’m sure Google have a secret nofollow rank for webpages :)

]]> By: Manoel Netto http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-31570 Manoel Netto Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:08:26 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-31570 Payback on wikipedia. <a href="http://www.tecnocracia.com.br/arquivos/dando-o-troco-na-wikipedia/lang/en" rel="nofollow">No Follow Plugin</a> Payback on wikipedia.
No Follow Plugin

]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-31027 Tamar Weinberg Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:01:06 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-31027 You raise an interesting question. I wonder if Wikipedia intentionally chose to implement this functionality after they got the donations. I guess they took the money and ran. You raise an interesting question. I wonder if Wikipedia intentionally chose to implement this functionality after they got the donations. I guess they took the money and ran.

]]> By: Ajay http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-30989 Ajay Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:59:54 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-30989 Firstly, thanks for for removing nofollow from your blog. I've done the same on mine. By adding nofollow to Wikipedia, they are not tackling the problem but just the symptom. Firstly, thanks for for removing nofollow from your blog. I’ve done the same on mine.

By adding nofollow to Wikipedia, they are not tackling the problem but just the symptom.

]]> By: Dan http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-30873 Dan Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:57:23 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/01/25/can-i-get-my-money-back-wikipedia/#comment-30873 The question really is what did you donate to Wikipedia for? Was it to provide backlinks to your blog or was it to help build an encyclopedia? If you were to argue to have your donation returned, Wikipedia could argue the latter. They aren't under any obligation to assist with your search engine rankings, although it was always a nice bonus. It's a shame that abuse of the system has lead to nofollow being implemented, but it doesn't detract from Wikipedia's goal at all. The question really is what did you donate to Wikipedia for? Was it to provide backlinks to your blog or was it to help build an encyclopedia? If you were to argue to have your donation returned, Wikipedia could argue the latter. They aren’t under any obligation to assist with your search engine rankings, although it was always a nice bonus.

It’s a shame that abuse of the system has lead to nofollow being implemented, but it doesn’t detract from Wikipedia’s goal at all.

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