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==Using Wikipedia as an external link farm==

==Using Wikipedia as an external link farm==

[[Image:Why Wales Blocked Kohs (screen cap).jpg|right|thumb|400px|One way Wikia infiltrated Wikipedia]]The only period when external links from Wikipedia to Wikia were in decline were the two months prior to October 2006.  Immediately after Jimmy Wales blocked one of his leading critics from Wikipedia, the link expansion continued unabated.  As of December 2009, there are over [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&limit=5000&offset=20000&target=http%3A%2F%2F*.wikia.com 21,300 external links] from Wikipedia to Wikia.com sites, which are funded by Google AdSense and other advertising revenues.  So, the more links, the more traffic; and the more traffic, the more money in Jimbo Wales' pocket.

[[Image:Why Wales Blocked Kohs (screen cap).jpg|right|thumb|400px|One way Wikia infiltrated Wikipedia]]The only period when external links from Wikipedia to Wikia were in decline were the two months prior to October 2006.  Immediately after Jimmy Wales blocked one of his leading critics from Wikipedia, the link expansion continued unabated.  As of December 2009, there were over 21,300 external links from Wikipedia to Wikia.com sites -- sites funded by Google AdSense and other advertising revenues.  By November 2010, that number had increased to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&limit=5000&offset=20000&target=http%3A%2F%2F*.wikia.com 24,870 links] from Wikipedia, an increase of 16.8% in less than a year.  So, the more links, the more traffic; and the more traffic, the more money in Jimbo Wales' pocket.

==Wikia was the Wikimedia Foundation's landlord==

==Wikia was the Wikimedia Foundation's landlord==