Hi Discovery,
Over the past few years, my anecdotal impression is that search results from Wikipedia have become less and less prominent when I use major web search engines.
I'm aware that Discovery is working on internal search features including cross-project search, and that WMF people working on readership are trying to increase the dwell time and number of pages that Wikipedia visitors spend on Wikipedia. Has anyone analyzed trends for web search engine rankings of Wikipedia articles, particularly over the last few years? Also, is anyone analyzing what would be required to increase the rankings of Wikipedia articles (and information from sister sites, such as Wikisource and Commons) when people use web search engines?
Thanks,
Pine