[WikiEN-l] google, rising visibility

[koyaanis qatsi]

Just a note: I recently updated the top 10 Google hits
with some pages I've had my eye on.  Here are some of
the search terms that can conceivably lead people to
wikipedia for the first time:

backbone cabal
bacon number
boston molasses disaster
color temperature
disulfide bond
ford maddox ford
foreign relations of afghanistan
Italian neorealism
john poindexter
john sayles
macguffin  [heh.]
measure word
mixmaster anonymous remailer
Night and Fog prisoner
revolver album
stonewall riots

I mention this for a couple of reasons.  First, it
seems we're steadily moving up in the ratings
(robots.txt hiccup notwithstanding).  Turning up for a
Beatles album--wow. :-)  Personally, I'd love the site
to turn up in a search for [[Alfred Hitchcock]] or
[[The Beatles]], though it may be awhile before we're
that popular.

And, second, in the case of [[Italian neorealism]],
our entry turns up just below Britannica's.

kq

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