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Old 13-09-2007, 17:33
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Originally Posted by Ryan View Post
I think the Spike in Wikipedia traffic is largely due to the fact that it is one of the most trusted resource for information on almost everything. The use of 'No-Follow' should have no effect on the traffic of Wikipedia. The "no-follow" used on Wikipedia is to instruct search engines that the external links on various pages are to be ignored and to avoid passing on page/trust rank.
Thats a very good point - it would be an easy way to abuse Wikipedia to add your own links and then profit from the success - and seen as though it can be edited by everyone this is a very good idea.

I have got to admit I read Wikipedia for hours and hours about anything and find it hard to pull myself away!!
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