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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. |
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| + | *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. |
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| + | *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. |
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| *Someone in Virginia searched Google for [http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-45,GGLG:en&q=liz+cohen+photography liz cohen photography] and chose [[Directory:Liz Cohen|Cohen's MyWikiBiz page]] from the top (#1) of over 2.4 million results. | | *Someone in Virginia searched Google for [http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-45,GGLG:en&q=liz+cohen+photography liz cohen photography] and chose [[Directory:Liz Cohen|Cohen's MyWikiBiz page]] from the top (#1) of over 2.4 million results. |
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| *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. |
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− | *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. |
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− | *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. |
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| ==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. |
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| + | 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.) |
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| + | 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? |
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| + | ===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. |
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