[Foundation-l] Does google favour WIkipedia?

[Pedro Sanchez]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
>> The answer, evidently, is "not as much as Bing" -
>> http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study
>>
>> Thought people might find it interesting :)
>
> No question that we are a center of attention for Google. I've noticed
> that when I create a new article, it often comes up as the first hit on
> Google for the subject within 5 minutes. There is no way such positioning
> is based on external links to the article.
>
> Fred

Of course not. Google positioning is not merely a count of external
links to a page.

Pedro Sánchez
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