A few months ago, I wrote on my user page about how
thefreedictionary.com was set to overtake
wikipedia.org as the
most-visited (according to Alexa) of the sites providing
Wikipedia-created content.
(Go to
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=6m&size=me…
and then type
thefreedictionary.com into the compare box to see how
close they came to overtaking us at the end of October, when I wrote my
note).
GOOD NEWS: Over the last two months,
thefreedictionary.com has lost
massive amounts of ground to us.
I suspect a lot of this is to do with Google.
Thefreedictionary.com
really worked the Google algorithm well for a long time, returning way
ahead of Wikipedia and mirrors time after time in searches. I suspect
that the algorithm has changed to Wikipedia's advantage - we are picking
up more readers than ever - this should make sure we continue to pick up
contributors, thus improving the resource even more quickly.
Pete/Pcb21
PS.
Wikipedia.org is now listed in the top 100 English language websites
by Alexa - a newish entry at number 98. (Yes this is a bit of a swizz,
because only 61% of page views are on
wikipedia.org are of English
pages, but hey it is cool anyway!)
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=lang&lang=en