Did Google Just Buy Wikipedia?
I can’t believe every time I search on Google, the vast majority of the time Google has Wikipedia in the top ten. Its pathetic and downright sleazy if you ask me. Theres been numerous documented blog post on the love that Google has with Wikipedia but today just takes the cake.
Google is now embedding Wikipedia links inside the Google News section. Are you kidding me? If were up to Google, they’d probably just use Wikipedia for all of its search results, whether its news or search. Quite frankly, I’m sick of it. How many times does Google miss the boat in ranking a Wikipedia site that has little to no value higher than one with a ton of updated information thats an authority in the space?
Google has become dominant in the ’search space’ for far too long. We won’t see any changes in favor of a more ethical search results page until a new ’search beast’ can make its appearance. Its too bad bing.com has phased out all to quickly. It indeed has great search results….but unfortunately the marketing and branding seems to have again missed the boat. Thanks Microsoft…can you just buy Yahoo now?