Software Tool Flags Dodgy Wikipedia Edits
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Software Tool Flags Dodgy Wikipedia Edits
FXNews – Sep 11, 2007
Now a computer science professor hopes to give users a better baloney detector: software that flags questionable lines in Wikipedia entries. Developed by Luca de Alfaro and colleagues at the University of California Santa Cruz the software will color text some gradation of orange if there is reason to doubt its content. The deeper the orange the more likely it is malarkey. • Click here for FXNews. com’s Personal Technology Center.
An Untapped SE pportunity: Image Link Love From Wikipedia
searchengineland.com – Sep 11, 2007
Would I have your attention?The key is images. Wikipedia suffers from a shortage of images for use as illustrations and the SE profession has yet to recognize the opportunity this presents. A modest investment of time learning site standards and licensure options can yield substantial benefits in website traffic brand recognition and customer loyalty. According to Cary Bass of the Wikimedia Foundation “The Wikimedia Foundation appreciates good quality freely licensed images and credit where credit is due is never an issue.
Britons Searching for Travel Social Networks Reference Info
Media Buyer Planner – Sep 11, 2007
Next are travel destinations (such as About Britain and Visit Scotland) with 68 percent. Government has 67 percent coming from search. “Reference and information sites have the greatest percentage of visitors coming from search – whether it’s people looking for information on a place to visit a local service a hotel or something to buy… “Reference and information sites have the greatest percentage of visitors coming from search – whether it’s people looking for information on a place to visit a local service a hotel or something to buy. Research tools dominated by Wikipedia receive around four in every five visitors due to search – not surprising when you consider how often Wikipedia shows up in the first page of Google results” said Burmaster.
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