If there were two Wikipedias, one with ads, one
without, which do you
think readers would go to? The only thing the original Wikipedia would
have going for it is brand recognition. It would take time for people
to learn about the ad-free version, but people would learn (possibly
quite quickly, since I can see the media jumping on the story).
With enough brand recognition for both, the one that's higher up in the
search result.
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Experience is a good school but the fees are high.
- Heinrich Heine