Google’s Love-Hate Wikipedia Relationship
Posted by jonathan at 11:15am EST on 01/02/2008
Google has shown over time, a lot of love to Wikipedia. Giving Wikipedia top SERP positions on just about every term. Michael Gray writes on the latest of whether this kind of “love” is truly justified. I agree with his standpoint.
So what’s really going on? The love/hate relationship going on is knol. Google is creating their own Wikipedia, so the real question is going to be: will Google still love Wikipedia? It may grow into a slow hate to love rather than a love to hate relationship.
Google has some serious decisions to make in the near future in regards to Wikipedia.
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Phil Rees
Jan 14th, 2008
I don’t think Knol and Wikipedia are competitors, they do different things. Knol provides a single authoritative voice on a topic, whereas Wikipedia provides a mechanism for building and representing consensus. I’d consult both, and then follow the references.