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Wikipedia Links pt 2 - The Semi-Automated White Hat Way

Posted By Eli On October 8, 2006 @ 6:22 pm In General Articles | 88 Comments

Upon special request from [1] Wikipedia Links series a bit early. This post will detail a bit more advanced way to gain links from Wikipedia and takes a step forward in the complicated sector. So if you’re not ready for it please get ready before attempting. It will also require knowledge of coding so don’t let that take you by surprise.

The Objective
The objective of this technique will be to semi-automate the process of submitting your content links to [2] Wikipedia. There will be two backends. The first will be used by your content writers(you if applicable). The second will be the actual process of submitting your links. Also note that when I use the term content writers, I am referring to you or anyone else that writes the content for your site.
The Process
1) Create a subsection on your domain where your content writers can post their articles. Create this much like the first part of this series specifies. Make a backend for the content writers to post the articles so they don’t have to do it manually or through the CMS. It also helps to put in a good WYSIWYG editor for their benefit. The form for the article will need to include the category the article should be placed in(a category editor is a nice addition), the title of the article, the article itself, and 6-10 keyword boxes.

2) After the content writers have written the article and filled out the form and clicked the nice big submit button you will need to further code the next page. Through the script have the next page pull the en.wikipedia search for each one of the keywords specified. Parse and list the results with check boxes next to them. That way the content writer has the option of checking all the places on wikipedia they would like the article they just wrote to be submitted to. It wouldn’t hurt to write some limits on this portion to keep it simple and the spamminess of it down. Limit the keywords they can use to describe their article and limit the results it’ll provide from the search.

3) After they have selected the Wikis they want to link to the article they press the final submit button. This will then publish the article on your website. Then it will LWP the wiki edit page which will be formatted something like http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Title_Of_Wiki_Article&action=edit
The easiest way is to just grab the title of the article, remove any redundant phrases like “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia” and syntax replace spaces with underscores. Pull the article source and regex for ==External links==. Below the external links insert
* [http://www.mydomain.com/pathtoarticle Article Title] -Could also put in a short 100 char description here if wanted.

4) Then you just have to post the form, and double check the article for the change. Always! be sure to double check, because if your script messes up the Wiki article that means big trouble. So definitely test before you play, and every time you double check make sure you save the old original copy so if it makes a big mistake you can easily and quickly put the old article back in and find where your mistake was. Also be sure to check for a few human errors that may mess up the posting to Wiki. For instance make sure they can’t put *’s or ]’s in the title or html for that matter. That’ll cause some major problems with the Wikipedia insert.

Well there you go. I know this is rough but its the best I can do short of posting the actual code (my answer is no for those about to ask). Just use it wisely and test test test before you actually use in mass. This is a semi automated method and is very fast and easy. If you are an idiot and amateurish about it you’ll ruin it for EVERYONE very quickly. All in all this is a great way to automate the aspects of your promotion work and the work of the content writers for your site. Over time once the content writers get the hang of it, it creates a great way to get a ton of high PR links. Once created and in practice it will shock you on how fast the empire builds using this method. Just remember what I said be responsible with it, not every article you write should be submitted to every search result. Being discrete is the key to success here.


88 Comments To "Wikipedia Links pt 2 - The Semi-Automated White Hat Way"

#1 Comment By Andrew Peacock On October 9, 2006 @ 6:45 am

Oooh. I just wet myself in excitement :-)
Andy

#2 Comment By Robby On October 9, 2006 @ 6:53 am

Thank you for yet another excellent tactic.

This has almost unlimited potential for abuse. Look for ruthless spammers to run this into the ground any time soon, to the great satisfaction of Encyclopedia Britannica…

#3 Comment By Eli On October 9, 2006 @ 6:49 pm

hehe see these wiki posts are starting to get up where they need to be :)

we’ll see how ppl handle this one cus the next will take another step up.

#4 Comment By The Warcraft Millionaire On October 10, 2006 @ 2:04 am

From what I’ve seen wikipedia has an efficient anti-spam/vandalism team. I wonder if they’ll start banning external links to domains that spam them. Of course then it could be used to block competitors from wikipedia.

#5 Comment By john h. On October 10, 2006 @ 2:52 pm

Ok, you have to define spam here. If the articles are relevent and well writen, then just because your using it for marketing techniques, doesn’t make it spam.
Thats the key. those articles MUST be relevent and fit the wikipedia article!

#6 Comment By Eli On October 10, 2006 @ 3:26 pm

The title of the series is Wikipedia Links not Wikipedia Spam. It’ll get increasingly more spammy as it goes but it will remain “sticky spam” at worst. Which will mean useful related articles and links, or at least as close as possible.

#7 Comment By Austin On October 12, 2006 @ 9:54 am

As long as the articles are relevent, well written, and linked properly, what would be the problem.?

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#9 Comment By Rett On October 20, 2006 @ 9:52 pm

Are you seeing “immediate” benefit from this? I’ve seeded wikipedia several times, but haven’t seen anything besides a small bump in traffic (via my inserted links)…no impact in SERPs for me.

I’d be surprised if SE’s didn’t have some type of “trust” timeframe on Wikipedia links. Example: if link has existed for 6mos, pass a bit more love, etc. etc.

#10 Comment By Brass fittings On December 21, 2006 @ 11:21 pm

Wiki has no follow tag .

So all the effrort is useless.

#11 Comment By Eli On December 21, 2006 @ 11:36 pm

You might want to read the comments posted on [4] Wikipedia Links Part 1.

#12 Comment By Dave On November 7, 2007 @ 10:12 am

I disagree. While no-follow links don’t count in Google - there’s a bunch of other engines that disregard the no-follow tag. Also remember that there are gazillions of sites that scrape wikipedia…

#13 Comment By pua tips On January 25, 2008 @ 2:52 am

Very nice tool to develop. Unfortunately I don’t have the scripting skills to do this kind of stuff. If I am to go about learning a scripting language, what do you guys think I should start learning, php?

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#16 Comment By misterz On August 9, 2008 @ 4:10 am

pua tips, yeah php is a simple language.
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Austin, no they won’t

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I could could see Wiki having a problem with this and start to block spammy sites! Nothing great lasts forever so enjoy while it lasts :)

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keep posting!

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It has been years after this post was posted. I think people do not use that anymore now.

#22 Comment By Synth On August 9, 2010 @ 3:01 pm

I think these days the Wikipedia editors are more concerned with removing links to commercial content, or if it simply looks like you are promoting your own site. I also think that they probably get a list of the most recent edits to “approve”, rather than just randomly patrolling through stuff. I’ve had some stick and some get removed.

Here’s a few tips for getting wiki links to stick.

1) Don’t post too many from the same wiki account. If all you’re doing is posting links, they’ll just wipe them out.
2) Don’t put your ads on your pages until after it seems likely that your wiki links have been moderated. I’m just guessing on this btw, but from experience, once your link has been up for a while, it’ll stay approved.
3) Your pages have to be good content, if you’re not capable of creating stuff that looks like reference material to whatever the niche is you’re in, might not be best for you.
3) Eli I remember you said in other posts that one really good link can give you a really good boost. I’ve noticed one good wiki link “seemed” to give certain pages a google boost, making me question whether all their talk about no follow might be smoke and mirrors after all……. who knows though, any mroe thoughts on this?
4) Even if they are no follow, you still get consistent, highly targeted traffic from wiki pages.

The whole thing ultimately is a testament to Google’s bullshit… as you said a while ago, a shithead subpage on an old domain should not be worth more than an entire site dedicated to a subject, but that’s the only way google can cover for the fact that it can’t actually detect “quality” - so they have to measure age, popularity, stuff like that. The entree is still boiled dog.

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“Don’t put your ads on your pages until after it seems likely that your wiki links have been moderated. I’m just guessing on this btw, but from experience, once your link has been up for a while, it’ll stay approved.”

That was my thought also. If your site don’t look commercial, there is a big chance, that they will accept your links.

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The title of the series is Wikipedia Links not Wikipedia Spam. It’ll get increasingly more spammy as it goes but it will remain “sticky spam” at worst. Which will mean useful related articles and links, or at least as close as possible.


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