According to Wikipedia’s traffic logs, Google accounts for 24% of Wikipedia’s traffic. A big number, but I actually expected it to be higher. Given that Wikipedia appears to be able to survive without Google’s traffic, do you think it’s time Google removed or gave less precedence to Wikipedia’s results?
Don’t get me wrong, I think Wikipedia is a great source of information. But, it is frustrating that for nearly everything I search for, the Wikipedia page comes out top even if the content on the page isn’t great or isn’t even appropriate. I just think that the range of topics that Wikipedia covers means that it shouldn’t be indexed, as I don’t see the point of a destination site indexing another one.
I’m also still upset about Wikipedia’s decision to not give credit to sites it links to, even though it has got to where it is today thanks to the millions of sites that link to it.
