http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/95/wikipedia_s_expansive_influence_in_candidate_search_results Comments for "Wikipedia's Expansive Influence in Candidate Search Results" en http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/95/wikipedia_s_expansive_influence_in_candidate_search_results <p>In a recent survey, I found that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia</a> has an expansive influence in organic <a href="http://google.com">Google</a> search results for 2008 presidential candidates. For each candidate, their Wikipedia entry is ranked no lower than 5th place by Google. In addition, the <strong>Wikipedia entry ranks higher than the election web presence of that particular candidate for 25% of Democrats and 60% of Republicans</strong>. There is no other entity on the web that plays such a systematically influential role in candidate information positioning as Wikipedia, pointing to its increased importance as a messaging tool in the 2008 cycle. A full breakdown of candidate search result positions follows: </p> <table border=1 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=3> <tr> <td> <strong>Candidate</strong> </td> <td> <strong>Main Site Rank</strong> (1) </td> <td> <strong>Election Site Rank</strong> (2) </td> <td> <strong>Wikipedia Rank</strong> (3) </td> <td> <strong>Outrank?</strong> (4) </td> </tr> <tr> <td> John Edwards </td> <td> <span>1 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Joe Biden </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 5 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Christopher Dodd</strong> </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> <strong>Y</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Mike Gravel </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Dennis Kucinich </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 5 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Barack Obama </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Bill Richardson</strong> </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <strong>Y</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Hillary Rodham Clinton </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> &nbsp; </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> <td> &nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Sam Brownback </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Rudy Giuliani</strong> </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <strong>Y</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Duncan Hunter </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Mitt Romney </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Jim Gilmore</strong> </td> <td> <em>x</em> (5) </td> <td> <em>x</em> (5) </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <strong>Y</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Mike Huckabee</strong> </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <strong>Y</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>John McCain</strong> </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <em>x</em> (5) </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> <strong>Y</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Ron Paul</strong> </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 5 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> <strong>Y</strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Tom Tancredo </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> N </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <strong>Tommy Thompson</strong> </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> <strong>Y</strong> </td> </tr> </table> <p><a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/95/wikipedia_s_expansive_influence_in_candidate_search_results">read more</a></p> http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/95/wikipedia_s_expansive_influence_in_candidate_search_results#comment Wikipedia Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:02:34 -0500 Fred Stutzman 95 at http://www.techpresident.com