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==Actual examples==
==Actual examples==
Here's a selection of some actual cases of random Internet users finding their way to a page on this site.
Here's a selection of some actual cases of random Internet users finding their way to a page on this site.
*A Yahoo! search for [http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AgpD7E8lwscXnBUz00YirQJG2vAI?p=economics+industrial+age&fr=my-myy&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8 economics industrial age] ranks the very short, nothing-fancy [[Industrial Age|MyWikiBiz article about ''Industrial Age'']] as the #2 result out of over 20 million.
*Someone in Arizona searched Google for [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=andrew+lande andrew lande] and clicked [[Directory:Andrew_Lande|the MyWikiBiz bio]] about him at the top (#1) of the 544,000 results.
*Someone in Arizona searched Google for [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=andrew+lande andrew lande] and clicked [[Directory:Andrew_Lande|the MyWikiBiz bio]] about him at the top (#1) of the 544,000 results.
*Someone in Nebraska searched Google for [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22shit+on+your+neighbor%22+card+game&aq=f&oq= "shit on your neighbor" card game]. Fortunately, they found MyWikiBiz as the #3 search result, thanks to Wikipedia deleting a version of this article from their encyclopedia.
*Someone in Nebraska searched Google for [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22shit+on+your+neighbor%22+card+game&aq=f&oq= "shit on your neighbor" card game]. Fortunately, they found MyWikiBiz as the #3 search result, thanks to Wikipedia deleting a version of this article from their encyclopedia.
*Someone in California searched Yahoo! for [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=low+carb+spare+rib+recipes&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8 low carb spare rib recipes] and found an [[Category:Low Carb Recipes|entire Category of low-carb recipes]] compiled by KJ Kitchens here at MyWikiBiz. It was #3 on Yahoo! out of 55,200 results.
*Another Californian had an unusual Yahoo! search for [http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501-s&p=farthest+coordinate+from+the+prime+meridian+in+longitude farthest coordinate from the prime meridian in longitude] and chose MyWikiBiz at the #3 spot, rather than Wikipedia in the #5 spot.
*Another Californian had an unusual Yahoo! search for [http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501-s&p=farthest+coordinate+from+the+prime+meridian+in+longitude farthest coordinate from the prime meridian in longitude] and chose MyWikiBiz at the #3 spot, rather than Wikipedia in the #5 spot.
*This one is beautiful. Back in July 2008, Wikipedia had an article called ''Public funding of sports venues''. The Wikipediots decided that it [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Public_funding_of_sports_venues didn't belong in Wikipedia]. So, we took the content and found a nice, warm home for it here. Today, if you run a Google search for [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=public%20funding%20of%20sports%20venues&spell=1 public funding of sports venues], lo and behold, our page is the '''# 2 result out of 260,000 matches'''. MyWikiBiz gets the traffic, gives the visitor information they're seeking, and builds our brand. Wikipedia gets nothing.
==Earlier testing==
==Earlier testing==
===October 2009===
On the evening of October 26, 2009, we caught Jim Cramer on CNBC's ''Mad Money'', ranting about the frequency of use of the phrase "'''albeit at lower levels'''" in earnings reports.
As a lark, we created a page on MyWikiBiz about the phrase. About 18 hours later, it became [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22albeit+at+lower+levels%22&aq=f&aqi= the #1 result on Google] when searching for the phrase in quotes (out of 632,000 hits); and it was #3 when [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=albeit+at+lower+levels&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= leaving out the quotation marks] (out of 2,730,000 hits). ('''Note''': As of December 2009, however, the page has receded off the top page of Google search results.)
The question is, what would happen if someone made a page about this phrase on Wikipedia? First, would the page get deleted? Second, if not, would it outrank the MyWikiBiz page, and how quickly?
===July 2008===
As of late July 2008, MyWikiBiz's semantic wiki is about a half-year old with a Google PageRank of 3/10, while Wikipedia's plain wiki is 90 months old and has a PageRank of 9/10.
As of late July 2008, MyWikiBiz's semantic wiki is about a half-year old with a Google PageRank of 3/10, while Wikipedia's plain wiki is 90 months old and has a PageRank of 9/10.