[WikiEN-l] Why aren't *all* wikia.com links restricted under nofollow?

[Jeff Raymond]

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

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