Study shows that for 56% search queries Wikipedia is the top listed result on Google search result page. Further more it says, Wikipedia ranks between 1 and 5 for almost 96% of the searches. Astonishingly, there were only 8 out of total 1,000 nouns, for which Wikipedia did not appear on the first page. Those being mail, news, trainers, national, sweets, wardrobe, phone and flight.

Reactions to this study have been mixed. Though it comes as a good news for many, there are some who are not taking it nicely. Especially if they believe poorly written content on Wikipedia outranks quality websites offering same information. Wikipedia taking a first page position could mean one less place in the top ten for possible PPC paying corporations for some, while for others it means less searching.

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