[WikiEN-l] Using Talk pages to influence Google results (Most read US newpaper blasts Wikipedia)

geni geniice at gmail.com
Wed Nov 30 16:40:42 UTC 2005


On 11/30/05, jkelly at fas.harvard.edu <jkelly at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>  I wasn't aware that Google results were influenced by material on Talk pages.
> If this is true, it explains instances in which I have seen anons post some
> ideological screed in the article, have it removed, and then re-post it
> repeatedly into the article's Talk page.  Is this actually that effective a
> tactic for using Wikipedia as a soapbox?
>
>                                  Jason
>

If there isn't much else on the subject covered on the web then yes.
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geni



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