A Wikimedia spokesperson said Google’s heavy use of the Wikipedia data is “suitable” but didn’t indicate whether the site is seeing more or less Google traffic since the Knowledge Graph debuted for all English language users.
The donation was made to the Wikimedia Foundation - the company that runs Wikipedia. This grant is an important endorsement of the Wikimedia Foundation and its work, and I hope it will send a signal as we kick off our annual fundraising campaign...
In light of this, it comes as no great surprise that Google has donated $2 million to Wikimedia, which of course is the entity behind Wikipedia. Experimental news platform opens to wider audience while Google tests ethical boundaries with Wikimedia...
Postscript Barry: ClickZ has a quote from Wayne Saewyc, a Wikimedia spokesperson saying, "As far as I am aware, the Wikimedia Foundation is not purchasing Google ads, or any other advertisements for that matter.
Click Answers, Wikipedia Edition advertising revenues will be split with The Wikimedia Foundation. said Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder and Wikimedia Foundation President. Word from Answers.com that they have partnered with the Wikipedia Foundation...
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikimedia Foundation We read a few weeks ago about how Google might help the Wikipedia by providing server space and bandwidth. A few minutes ago I spotted this news release about Yahoo announcing or perhaps better said...
A post at Dirson kicked off a Slashdot discussion about Google offering to host "some" Wikimedia content. A post on the Wikimedia wiki says that "terms" of the offer are being discussed and that a private IRC meeting is scheduled for March.
Wikipedia and other Wikimedia content is currently accessible via Google from one of the many services that host the content. A post at Dirson kicked off a Slashdot discussion about Google offering to host "some" Wikimedia content.
