news.yahoo.com — "Wikimedia Foundation Inc.'s popular Wikipedia online encyclopedia cracked the top ten list of most popular Web sites in the U.S. for the first time in January, according to comScore Networks Inc. Wikipedia sites ranked ninth with 42.9 million unique visitors last month, ahead of the sites from The New York Times (number 10), Apple Inc...."
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stephenwqFeb 19, 2007
Why? If i have google as my homepage, its much quicker to search it and find the wiki on it.Sometimes i will even type "subject wiki" just to make it come up.
markrFeb 19, 2007
I don't think that it will ever shut down - but they might be forced into advertising one day...
budlightFeb 19, 2007
wikipedia at work: <a class="user" href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pearl+necklace&btnG=Google+Search">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pearl+necklace&btnG=Google+Search</a>
jayayeemFeb 19, 2007
Wikipedia entries seem to have crept up in the Google search rankings lately... I wonder if this has increased their site visits in the US
ninjacellFeb 19, 2007
You should differentiate between the official Wikipedia site, and the sites that build upon the wiki-system to generate wikipedia-like sites for their own domains of interest, such as the infovis-wiki for Information Visualisation (<a class="user" href="http://www.infovis-wiki.net),">http://www.infovis-wiki.net),</a> etc.
ronaciernoFeb 19, 2007
any chance of Google buying them? I would like to see a Wiki tab were the Web, Images, Videos are.
drscottFeb 19, 2007
Except that it's not going to be around for much longer, since they're financially going down the tubes.../sarc
raccetturaFeb 19, 2007
College Students,I'm a recent graduate (May, 06). Let me give you some advice:USE WIKIPEDIA. There, I said it. But don't trust the articles themselves. Read them as a summary, and use the citations as a starting point. Use the contents as stuff to further research. It can save you hours, and it's perfectly legitimate. Just don't trust the wiki itself as a professional journal. It's really just common sense, but it has to be said.