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