[WikiEN-l] Google Starts Including Wikipedia on Its News Site

[Ian Woollard]

On 22/06/2009, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> From a news company's POV there is little point in sending someone to
> Iran to report on events if people are only going to read your reports
> as rehashed by blogs and wikipedia.

Actually, the Wikipedia does at least usually refer to the original
source; most conventional media don't even bother. So, while they
don't get link juice, they will get some click-throughs.

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> geni

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-Ian Woollard

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