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  • fuzebox
    making it rain
    • Oct 2003
    • 22353
    #1

    Wikipedia adopts nofollow tags...

    Apparantly because of all the time spent stopping link spammers, Wikipedia is using nofollow tags across the whole site...

    http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/10642

    Interesting quote:

    What happens as a consequence, in my opinion, is that Wikipedia gets valuable backlinks from all over the web, in huge quantity, and of huge importance ? normal links, not "nofollow" links; this is what makes Wikipedia rank so well ? but as of now, they're not giving any of this back.
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    • Juilan
      Sultan of Swing
      • Feb 2004
      • 15141
      #2
      All the mainstream sites that made relevant links with them now get hosed. nice.
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        • StuartD
          Sofa King Band
          • Jul 2002
          • 29903
          #3
          I can undertsand, everyone and their dogs want links FROM wikipedia because of their PR....

          but on the other hand, that's just not fair.
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            • GhazAllOva
              Confirmed User
              • Jan 2007
              • 158
              #4
              I'm sure they had their hands full with link spammers. This was probably the only way they could continue without anything drastic. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out for them. Will people stop linking to Wikipedia now?
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                • starpimps
                  Confirmed User
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 6954
                  #5
                  thats sucks, they just killed alot of legit people
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                    • edgeprod
                      Permanently Gone
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 10019
                      #6
                      *shrug* so pull your links TO the Wikipedia. Fair is fair.

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                        • Nookster
                          Confirmed IT Professional
                          • Nov 2005
                          • 3744
                          #7
                          Originally posted by GhazAllOva
                          I'm sure they had their hands full with link spammers. This was probably the only way they could continue without anything drastic. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out for them. Will people stop linking to Wikipedia now?
                          In one simple word, yes. I just removed most of the ones I've had up for years with some mainstream sites I run after I found out about this last night.
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                            • More Booze
                              Confirmed User
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 5116
                              #8
                              But the traffic will still be there. ;)

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                                • DaddyHalbucks
                                  A freakin' legend!
                                  • Feb 2004
                                  • 18975
                                  #9
                                  Come on guys, think about this.

                                  Try to put yourself in their shoes and imagine the enormity of their spam problem.
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                                    • RawAlex
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Oct 2003
                                      • 9465
                                      #10
                                      Just do the same... when you link to wikipedia, make them nofollow as well.

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                                        • Chio
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 8002
                                          #11
                                          No follow won't really matter much unless they get the word out. Most spammers will just keep going without even realizing it's doing nothing for them. So not sure how it's really going to help them stem it.

                                          Wiki does send an enormous amount of traffic too which thankfully won't be effected.

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                                            • madawgz
                                              8.8.8.8
                                              • Mar 2006
                                              • 30509
                                              #12
                                              wow that really sucks :\
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                                                • just a punk
                                                  So fuckin' bored
                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                  • 32393
                                                  #13
                                                  Big changes in SE traffic flow are coming...
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                                                    • Splum
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • May 2003
                                                      • 6195
                                                      #14
                                                      What a great business model they have:

                                                      1. Get dumbass sheeple users to write content
                                                      2. Beg like a bitch for "funds" to continue running the site
                                                      3. Fuck all the writers and webmasters who added value content by nofollow'ing the links


                                                      Fucking brilliant.

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                                                        • Cash
                                                          Click on my TCG signature
                                                          • Feb 2002
                                                          • 20825
                                                          #15
                                                          So, don't link back to them, simple ...
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                                                            • Kevsh
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Dec 2004
                                                              • 8619
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Splum
                                                              What a great business model they have:

                                                              1. Get dumbass sheeple users to write content
                                                              2. Beg like a bitch for "funds" to continue running the site
                                                              3. Fuck all the writers and webmasters who added value content by nofollow'ing the links


                                                              Fucking brilliant.
                                                              Gotta agree there.

                                                              They went from being a pretty useful idea to whoring for traffic and having an "article" (read: page title with no content) for every possible search term. Now the site is worth millions and you can be sure the donors (read: saps) who gave cash won't see a penny back ... oh, and you're backlink is useless too.

                                                              Wiki's Credibility: zero

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                                                                • Manga1
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Oct 2001
                                                                  • 952
                                                                  #17
                                                                  What do you expect from a guy who got his start as a porn webmaster

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                                                                    • Doctor Dre
                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                      • Jan 2001
                                                                      • 51692
                                                                      #18
                                                                      I can totally understand... This is a non profit org... They don't have enough money to monitor all this shit.
                                                                      Originally posted by rayadp05
                                                                      I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                                                                        • chuvii
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Sep 2006
                                                                          • 691
                                                                          #19
                                                                          i like all these "one day that's happens" changes
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                                                                            • spasmo
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Dec 2005
                                                                              • 2678
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Don't forget their planned for-profit search engine that's going live this year.


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                                                                                • emthree
                                                                                  Dialer Kingpin
                                                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                                                  • 10816
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  They are biting the hands that feed them.
                                                                                  Pretty fucked up. Lots of relevent links on wiki.

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