Wikipedia (open source)

[inspiration100]

I love wikipedia, great stuff, learn lots. Your opinion? P.S, they send lots of hits to my websites if you get them under external links :biggrin:

[Brandon]

Yea.. the problem is people usually edit out the links if you add your site. I've tried it.

When I first discovered the ability to edit the pages, I added a link to my site one of their PR 8 pages just to try it out... haha. It was removed in 15 seconds.

[inspiration100]

haha, never thought of doing that. Those people really do keep the place pretty clean, i'm always amazed. So far my links haven't been edited out, I get a good 20 visitors per day on it. Great traffic builder if your site fits into a category.

[Brandon]

Yea, you gotta try during different times of the day when some editors arn't checking it. Maybe at night. I don't know.

[modric]

On Wikipedia you can find info about practicaly everything. It is good that descriptions are make in a comprehensive manner: short, with definitions and many internal and external links. If you don't have a clue how some engine works or what an internet term means - you can find there quick. Searching is easy - with keywords.

[Sejje]

Wikipedia is one of the best resources around. The only thing I worry about is if the information is accurate. I have used it for many research projects in school and turned out great.

[arcadepunk]

Wikipedia is one of my favorite resources for information. I remember I used to go on just to learn more things and the way they have information is great. Its also cool because they have information on almost everything!

[.Hybrid]

Wikipedia is definately among my favourite sites. Really useful, because they have info on a huge amount of stuff.

[inspiration100]

I'll see about getting links from it. yea it beats any other source for information, just gotta make sure its true. Can't use it in debate.

[ingenieure]

i have been doing academic research papers and i have been actually wondering if wikipedia has gained same accuracy status as, say, msn encarta or britannica. the thing is, wikipedia is free and you don't need to subscribe for a fee just to access some valuable information. very useful reference for students and professionals alike!

[India]

yeah wikipedia is great source for depth informations, well if u actually want to add up your site then use aboutus.org.

[modric]

I'm not worried about if the Wikipedia is accurate or not. I go there when I don't now nothing about a certain topic. In Google, I search when I know what I have to find, in Wikipedia I look to see what's the thing all about. I was looking for nitromethane fuel there and got quick idea about what it is. For further details I still needed some googling...

And, you can add a link of your site under appropriate topics. If your site is good, the link will stay there...

[Blackeagle]

Well as brandon mentioned people edit out their site links , well i think they have build up good editors now who fix this immediately , also articles made of personal sites also gets deleted now.