[WikiEN-l] The real competition, was Re: Britannica quote of the day
charles matthews
charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Mon Mar 27 13:27:20 UTC 2006
"Mathias Schindler" wrote
> charles matthews wrote:
>> "Mark Gallagher" wrote
>>
>>> We're not *exactly* competing with Britannica.
>>
>> Indeed. If you looked at Alexa, you'd say our main rival was blogger.com.
>
> Wrong metrics will lead to wrong conclusions.
I don't think my comment was inane. People have a choice between writing
about themselves, their opinions, pets and so on; or of contributing factual
material to Wikipedia. There is an overlap, which may only increase.
Charles
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