I was thrilled that WikiMania made it to Haifa. It was a great conference. Here was the best of the best: Best Lines Jimmy Wales: We need to recapture the spirit of innovation (in software) and not have a massive debate for each change. (hat tip: @Wittylama) Wikipedia cares about quality. Many articles the average […]
Here’s the essence of my SMX East presentation on Community-Generated Content & Search Traffic: Search Traffic What kind of content gets search traffic? “Quality” content? Content where an SEO expert optimized the titles and meta-tags and sprinkled the right keywords? Content that gets links? Sure, that helps, but it’s not where it starts. Consider the […]
Wikipedia set Neutral Point of View (NPOV) as the standard for user generated content a few years ago. Much of the Wikipedia community is ideologically opposed to self-interest in any form. While obviously not ideologically opposed to originality or creativity, Wikipedia makes it clear that its role is to summarize accepted wisdom, not to break […]
Wikimedia’s strategy memo is interesting for what it has and for what it’s missing. Key Concerns: Editing community has flattened out. Have been very successful in the “Global North” but it will be much harder to grow in the “Global South.” Technological and financial infrastructure have not kept pace with growth in readership. They will: […]
I greatly respect Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. I love their mission to provide everybody with free access to quality information. And when I see them running another fund-raising campaign I have to ask: why is the Web’s 10th biggest site (in US unique visitors) begging for money? With moderate advertising, Wikipedia could probably generate […]
I got my mom a book on cat breeds to help her out with some of the details. There are some new breeds in there that I’ve never heard of. Apparently neither has Wikipedia. I think that’s kind of cool, that The Pet Wiki has stuff that isn’t in Wikipedia yet. If you want to […]