David Gerard wrote:.
Pagerank is not a consideration for Wikipedia - it contributes nothing to the project of writing an encyclopedia. This is why SEOs and Googlemancers find it so hard to find anyone at Wikipedia or Wikimedia who cares.
Wrong on at least two levels:
1) Pagerank apparently does matter if it means getting extra Google hits for projects associated with Wikipedia. I'm sure I don't need to point out the fact that the Wikia links, with ads, make money for certain high-ranking Foundation officials, right? I'm not saying there's necessarily a correllation, but even if there is one, it gives the appearance of underhandedness.
2) Pagerank does matter if it means getting extra Google hits for projects that make money for the Wikimedia Foundation. The lower our sources rank, the higher the Answer.com mirrors rank, and the Foundation gets a cut of the Answers.com ad revenues.
-Jeff