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Wikipedia Beats MySpace on Artist Searches, Report

Sunday, March 23, 2008
by  presnikoff

Yahoo searchers prefer Wikipedia pages on band queries, according to a recent Billboard report.  Yahoo noted that given a choice between an artist page, MySpace profile page, and Wikipedia entry in search results, users frequently choose the online encyclopedia.  In fact, users clicked Wikipedia twice as often as the MySpace profile, according to Yahoo. 

The report did not include the all-important Google, nor did it mention searches conducted directly from the MySpace and Wikipedia homepages.  That leaves the broader result in doubt, though the report does highlight an underutilized resource. 



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