Wikipedia Appears On Google’s Page One Only 46% Of Time, Study Shows

Wikipedia Appears On Google's Page One Only 46% Of Time, Study Shows

Wikipedia Appears On Google’s Page One Only 46% Of Time, Study Shows

Wikipedia doesn’t pwn Google nearly as much as the SEO industry thinks it does. In fact, according to a new Conductor study , Wikipedia showed up on the first page of Google’s search results only 46 percent of the time in a study using 2,000 unique keywords. Conductor used one thousand informational keywords (like “lyrics” and “bridal shower ideas”) and another thousand transactional keywords (like “headphones” and “where to find wall stencils”) in its study; as you’d expect, Wikipedia has much more visibility on informational searches than transactional — 60 percent for the former and only 34 percent for the latter. And overall, Wikipedia ranked one page one for 46 percent of the keywords. Conductor’s study also found that Wikipedia doesn’t rank on page one or two for about 29 percent of the keywords it studied (see right column above). Wikipedia: Still A Ranking Powerhou...

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@vendoragnostic » 01 Apr '12, 12am
@schachin btw this is an interesting post about wikipedia ratings dropping on G [link] check out spyfu link in comments too
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@aallnet » 23 Mar '12, 2pm
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@RingJohn » 23 Mar '12, 12pm
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@TarltonLawLib » 22 Mar '12, 7pm
New study finds Wikipedia not as high in Google search results as perceived: [link] (via @sengineland)
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@JamesWebb » 22 Mar '12, 4pm
"Wikipedia Appears On Google's Page One Only 46% Of Time" (but they only tested it on 2k pages) [link]
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@ThoughtShiftUK » 22 Mar '12, 1pm
All you Wikipedia linkbuilders! Check out these interesting ranking factors for wiki pages : [link]
@bernihochrainer » 22 Mar '12, 9am
Studie - Wie oft ist #wikipedia wirklich auf der ersten #Google Seite? [link] (Deckt sich mit meiner Beobachtung)
@lauripaavola » 22 Mar '12, 8am
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@TheDarklit » 21 Mar '12, 5pm
numbers are lower than you expected them to be, Wikipedia is still a ranking powerhouse [link]
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Wikipedia Appears On Googles Page One Only 46% Of Time, Study Shows (Searchengineland - 283 retweets) [link]
@jonahberger » 21 Mar '12, 5am
ahh, wikipedia was living the page 1 high life... until universal search interfered: [link]
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@tompkinsmimi » 21 Mar '12, 1am
Study shows Wikipedia appears on Google's first search page only 46% of the time: [link]