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02/12/05: Google Offers to Host Wikipedia

The Google folks have been busy lately. It seems like I am hearing about a new Google project every other day. The latest news is their offering to host Wikipedia, free and with no strings attached.

Although exact terms of Google's offer have not be publicly disclosed, Wiki Media's board of directors is considering a deal and plans to meet with Google in March. The foundation did say that Google will not insert its text based advertising on Wikipedia.

This could be great for Wikipedia, which is having a hard time sustaining its growth. At the same time though, there is something in the back of my mind that is making me at least a little bit uneasy about Google's explosion of activity. Who knows? It isn't unheard of for companies to do something out of the goodness of their hearts.



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Jeff wrote:

Honestly, I feel that Google probably would like to make Wikipedia another site within the "Google network" that appears to be developing. I really think this probably would only yield positive things, but who knows.

02/14/05 12:54:49

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