Which demographic would advertising on Wikipedia be most effective on?

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Why does Wikipedia refuse advertising and what would the cons be?

In 2006 Wikipedia had a hypothetical market value of $580 to $900 million USD if advertisements were run, for what reason does Wikipedia refuse advertisements? I would think that many ...show more

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Would you like it if you had to mention a product or company every 10 minutes?!? It's the exact same...

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Who pays for Wikipedia's advertising on Google and other search engines?

As Wikipedia is a nonprofit site, and it's employees are all volunteers, where does it get the money, or in fact, does it pay to advertise on Google.com?

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The wikimedia foundation makes their revenue from donations.

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Would Wikipedia still be as popularly used if they were a for-profit advertising funded company?

Is part of the reason Wikipedia is such a popular source of information their non-profit roots?

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yes and ads by major ...

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Why am I seeing advertising on Wikipedia?

I recently surfed a few pages in Wikipedia and found there were several advertisement hotlinks of 'TimesDeals.com'. Is it done by Wiki, or is it because of some spam link I mistakenly clicked before?

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Wikipedia does not include advertising, and won't in the forseeable future. There are two main possibilities...

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Depends - I think that wikipedia has more visitors than facebook, but because of the fact that facebook...

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you can still access the mobile version of wikipedia. Turn off javascript in your browser and voila!

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Why doesn't wikipedia just turn to advertising?

i've always found the concept of a free-for-all, at the same time moderated, encyclopedia highly commendable, so every time the donation banner comes up on the wiki [happens every ...show more

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Advertising can and will affect content posted on the site. Say Wikipedia is sponsored by Tylenol, and...

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If en. is the grand prize for Wikipedia advertising, what is the second prize?

You can just give the two or three letter code if you like, but I'd prefer some elaboration.

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"jw" ...for Jimmy Wales, of course. I hear that someone is going to be buying him a newspaper...

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Does Wikipedia.org have in-text advertising links?

I've never seen them before. Is this something new, or could it be some kind of virus on my computer?

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noooooo

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Why don't Wikipedia put Google adsense or some other advertising on their website?

I see that they are looking for donations but why not simply put ads on their site......you can put say Google adsense on a website without being overly intrusive or anything. Just ...show more

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Because the absence of advertisements is the one positive true thing you can say about Wikipedia right...

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