[Wikipedia-l] And now a bit of fun...

[Yann Forget]

Hi,

Le Friday 16 July 2004 07:30, kelvSYC a écrit :
> Here's a very unscientific and informal gauge of how great Wikipedia
> has become compared to other encyclopedias: the Google fight
> (www.googlefight.com).  It simply compares Google hits and displays it
> in a rather humorous format.
>
> Wikipedia - 11,200,000
>
> Encyclopedia Britannica - 1,670,000
> Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1,420,000
> Encyclopædia Britannica - 803
>
> Encyclopedia Americana - 94,700
> Encyclopaedia Americana - 11,500
> Encyclopædia Americana - 88

This is not very fair :

Britannica gets 14 400 000 results
Americana gets 3 340 000 results

Yann

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