Yahoo this, Microsoft that – it’s enough to make you move to China. Or at least look at China-centric news, in which Baidu is generating headlines for both succeeding financially and pushing its own version of Wikipedia.
Wikipedia Defers To Google
UPDATE 4/9/08: Seems there was some confusion sparked by this piece, which is, at best, a muddled, meandering, word-labyrinth posing as an unconventional, smart-alecky essay on web journalism/blogging. That’s okay, any reader would find himself in good company lost amid my verbose effluvia. For crying out loud, I used a word like "bildungsroman" and made references not just to Roman mythology but also to an obscure Persian king 3,500 years dead.
Post-Wikipedia Hotspots
The act of visiting Wikipedia isn’t too shocking at this point. We all do it. But an interesting new Hitwise report looks at where the average American goes next.
Music Fans Look To Wikipedia For Band Information
When searching for information about an artist online the first three results users see are the artist’s official Web site, Wikipedia entry and MySpace page.
Sex, Lies, And Wikipedia
Before we get into this (and this is a guiltily delicious journey you may or may not decide to take), please consider what level of perfection you expect your Web icons—even the ones who refer to themselves as "spiritual leader"—to be on. While you’re doing that, pretend he’s not a Web icon, and decide what is forgivable in a regular (mortal) man.
Wikipedia Won’t Remove Muhammad Images
Wikipedia is refusing to remove images of the prophet of Islam’s Muhammad despite hundreds of thousands of requests.In some Muslim traditions, it is considered offensive to depict the prophet for fear the image would become an object of idol worship. Wikipedia argues that it is not offensive in all traditions, and that they will not bow to pressure to remove the images.
Google & Wikipedia Banned in School Again
So another college professor has banned Wikipedia (and Google). Oh, woe is me. The world is ending. Oh, the stifling of creative thought at institutions of higher learning these days. Censorship! Censorship! Whatever.
Guess What: People Run Wikipedia
It’s been awhile since we had any Wikipedia controversy, so maybe it’s about time for a pile-on — you know, something about how Jimmy Wales doesn’t care about quality, or how he runs the “open source” encyclopedia as his own personal fiefdom, or how people run around using strange technical terms that no one outside the Wikipedia cabal can understand (okay, that last one is totally true).
This time it’s the revelation of a top-secret… wait for it… mailing list only for insiders! According to a breathless piece in The Register:
French Google, Yahoo Alike (& Loving Wikipedia)
It is (I think) becoming public knowledge that Google has crushed all of its opponents in France – the company has a search market share of around ninety percent. A new study is surprising, then, in that it reveals large similarities between the French versions of Google and Yahoo.
Educators Want Wikipedia Access Limited
Once again Wikipedia is getting buzz from educators