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

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/6/22 Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com>:
> 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.

Do we have any stats on how often people click the links in
references? I suspect not. It would be good if we could get some,
though.