So it is no surprise when Wikipedia article comes up high in google ranking. But occasionally a Wikipedia article will NOT be highly ranked, and will appear only in google 20-30+ or even further down the line . Any idea what makes Google dislike certain Wikipedia articles?
I don't think time should be a factor, google crawls Wikipedia very often, I've had new articles of mine appear in searches within hours, sometimes minutes, of being published.
One factor I know of is language, but for this question let's assume English language article, searched for using English language google front.
-- Piotr Konieczny
Maybe theire are commercial reasons too?
Greeting Stéphane
2012/10/24 Piotr Konieczny piokon@post.pl
So it is no surprise when Wikipedia article comes up high in google ranking. But occasionally a Wikipedia article will NOT be highly ranked, and will appear only in google 20-30+ or even further down the line . Any idea what makes Google dislike certain Wikipedia articles?
I don't think time should be a factor, google crawls Wikipedia very often, I've had new articles of mine appear in searches within hours, sometimes minutes, of being published.
One factor I know of is language, but for this question let's assume English language article, searched for using English language google front.
-- Piotr Konieczny
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On Thursday, October 25, 2012, Piotr Konieczny wrote:
So it is no surprise when Wikipedia article comes up high in google ranking. But occasionally a Wikipedia article will NOT be highly ranked, and will appear only in google 20-30+ or even further down the line . Any idea what makes Google dislike certain Wikipedia articles?
There are a bunch of factors. Two that would presumably play a role: Better linking for other topics than the Wikipedia article, the amount of people clicking on the Wikipedia article when it appears in search results, and the content found on the page. Example: Stubs have less content, are less likely to be clicked on and are not likely to be linked to. All bad conditions for optimal SEO.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
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