Search engine ranking or traffic using Wikipedia

ankitnagpal · 05-09-2011, 03:44 PM

Hi,

I have 2 products listed on Wikipedia and a new article is posted on it: News Publisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Do you think wikipedia can help in serach engine rankings or bringing customers to website. I can't say about it because I can't track sales from referring urls because of my business model. So google analytics does not work here.

My question here is that if the traffic coming from Wikipedia consists more of potential buyers or just lame users/readers with empty pockets? because quality of traffic is different for each source.

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Thanks,
Ankit

Enfusia · 05-09-2011, 03:49 PM

That will depend on the keyword. If the keyword is a tire kicker then info hunters coming off a tire kicker keyword would be a relatively non responsive form of traffic.

If the keyword was extremely buyer oriented then that traffic could be quite good because they would feel as if Wiki itself had given a product recommendation. This would certainly help with buyer confidence.

Patrick

CraigHill · 05-09-2011, 03:54 PM

Good Adivce EnFusia, It is difficult to give you a straight answer without knowing the products or the keywords to the products you are selling. However you can answer your own question, by searching and doing a little research about the demographics that your products contain.

snakeyes · 05-10-2011, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ankitnagpal

Hi,

I have 2 products listed on Wikipedia and a new article will be posted on it in a few days. Do you think wikipedia can help in serach engine rankings or bringing customers to website. I can't say about it because I can't track sales from referring urls because of my business model. So google analytics does not work here.

My question here is that if the traffic coming from Wikipedia consists more of potential buyers or just lame users/readers with empty pockets? because quality of traffic is different for each source.

--
Thanks,
Ankit

i would use a wiki backlink for rankings if all possible to get one

yukon · 05-10-2011, 06:49 PM

I use wiki for backlinks on my sites, never really tried direct traffic. I could be wrong, but I don't see wiki traffic as buyers, more as reference seekers.

05-09-2011, 03:44 PM	#1
ankitnagpal Ankit Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Delhi, India Posts: 169 Thanks: 11 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Search engine ranking or traffic using Wikipedia Hi, I have 2 products listed on Wikipedia and a new article is posted on it: News Publisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Do you think wikipedia can help in serach engine rankings or bringing customers to website. I can't say about it because I can't track sales from referring urls because of my business model. So google analytics does not work here. My question here is that if the traffic coming from Wikipedia consists more of potential buyers or just lame users/readers with empty pockets? because quality of traffic is different for each source. -- Thanks, Ankit
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05-09-2011, 03:49 PM	#2
Enfusia Advanced Warrior Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 696 Thanks: 61 Thanked 266 Times in 164 Posts	Re: Search engine ranking or traffic using Wikipedia That will depend on the keyword. If the keyword is a tire kicker then info hunters coming off a tire kicker keyword would be a relatively non responsive form of traffic. If the keyword was extremely buyer oriented then that traffic could be quite good because they would feel as if Wiki itself had given a product recommendation. This would certainly help with buyer confidence. Patrick

05-09-2011, 03:54 PM	#3
CraigHill Warrior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Search engine ranking or traffic using Wikipedia Good Adivce EnFusia, It is difficult to give you a straight answer without knowing the products or the keywords to the products you are selling. However you can answer your own question, by searching and doing a little research about the demographics that your products contain.
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05-10-2011, 06:49 PM	#5
yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,532 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,992 Times in 1,273 Posts	Re: Search engine ranking or traffic using Wikipedia I use wiki for backlinks on my sites, never really tried direct traffic. I could be wrong, but I don't see wiki traffic as buyers, more as reference seekers.