Last week word spread through the sphere that Wikipedia may one day not have enough cash to support itself. Now today Hitwise reports that 50% of Wikipeida's traffic comes from Google. What's more, Wikipedia has now cracked the Web's 10 largest sites. Google is 50% responsible and they should help WIkipedia, which operates as a not-for-profit.
The health of Wikipedia is in Google's best interest. The search engine's quality of results lately have been rising as it gives more credence to Wikipedia. Given this, one would hope that Google will finally pick up a big share of WIkipedia's expenses - namely bandwidth and storage. Google offered to host Wikipedia back in 2005. However, details are scant. One would hope that the two will consummate this proposed deal since they are both equally valuable to each other. Why the delay?
