Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 by Andy Beal
Hiring Stephen Colbert to Help with Wikipedia NoFollow Campaign
I think I’ve just discovered the new spokesman for our “Nofollow me to Wikipedia” campaign – Stephen Colbert.
As Rand points out, Colbert has already taken many stabs at Wikipedia – even getting his viewers to change the entry on “elephants” to say the population has tripled in the past ten years. His latest funnies include:
Wikipedia – The encyclopedia where you can be an authority, even if you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
My favorite is when he offers $5 to the first person who changes the entry on “reality” to “reality is a commodity”. Then mocks all those that might say “that’s not what reality is”..
“Oh really? Go and look it up on Wikipedia, I think you’ll find that I’m right”
Great stuff. If anyone from the Colbert show is reading, I’d love to have him help our efforts. 
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No Fact Zone.Net » Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist (January 31, 2007) Says:
January 31st, 2007 at 11:05 pm
[...] Hiring Stephen Colbert to Help with Wikipedia NoFollow Campaign – Marketing Pilgrim wants to recruit him: “I think I’ve just discovered the new spokesman for our ‘Nofollow me to Wikipedia’ campaign – Stephen Colbert. [...]
steven colbert Says:
April 9th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Reality is a commodity, and so is your blog.
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Daniel Brandt Says:
April 9th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
“HATE WIKIPEDIA. HATE GOOGLE. HATE HATE HATE.”
“Good lord, look at all those Hate tapes!”
(for twelve million points, spot the reference!)
SEO Says:
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:19 am
yeah… those stupid wiki’s!
wonder what happen if we all use nofollow to them?
Have a good one.
Rishabh Says:
June 17th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Yes wiki is really stupid and I really hate it too much
Rishabh’s last blog post..How to get good PageRank ?