Google and Wikipedia Breaking Up & Other News Shorts, June 29

Friday, June 29th, 2007 by Jordan McCollum

Are Google and Wikipedia breaking up? Google Docs to Offer Free Encyclopedia Britannica? – New Google plans discovered
Google Universal Search and Ask 3D both have video search results; Search Engine Watch helps you get there: Video Search Optimization Tech Tips â€“ Knowing the 4 Pâ€™s
A novelty: Profitable Web 2.0? Thatâ€™s Probably Worth $5.35 Million
A little nepotism never hurt anybody. Mrs. Murdoch To Take Over At Chief of Strategy At MySpace China (however, she is native-born Chinese, so it may not be a bad move at all)
Google Blogoscoped covers Public Launch of Google AdSense Referrals
Long tail terms = 40% of sales according to Engine Ready’s study, Managing Search (via)

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Jaan Kanellis Says:

June 29th, 2007 at 7:52 pm

“Are Google and Wikipedia breaking up?”

I dont know but it would be nice to search Google and not see a wikip page for once.
Hock Says:

July 1st, 2007 at 10:44 pm

That’s an interesting tidbit about Google and Wikipedia. Currently, Google gives a lot of weight to Wikipedia in their search results. It’ll be interesting to see if they will change things around in the future. This is another step towards the direction of world domination for Google.
Bushido Says:

July 2nd, 2007 at 9:58 am

The thing I don’t understand is how come my college professors don’t consider wikipedia to be a relevant source of info when all Google does is show them in the top 3 results. :S
Jordan McCollum Says:

July 2nd, 2007 at 10:05 am

Relevant, perhaps. Accurate, perhaps not.

When I was in college, Wikipedia was banned from “real” research papers–but so was every other encyclopedia. Research may begin with Wikipedia (or Britannica), but if you’re studying a topic, it shouldn’t end there.
Steven Bradley Says:

July 2nd, 2007 at 6:05 pm

Are Google and the Wikipedia really breaking up or was Google just caught having an affair?

I wouldn’t mind seeing a little less of the Wiki in search results and hopefully this will be the start.

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