Socialtext notices that Google search results lately are crowded with results from Wikipedia. This is because Google's algorithm inherently succumbs to the basic structure and social structure of wikis. They also note that Wikipedia - an open source medium - has a higher PageRank (definition) than any other site in Google's index.
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