Much has been said about Google algorithmic favoritism for Wikipedia. I was working on a project this weekend about celebrities, and wikipedia’s dominance in the SERP’s was nothing less than astounding.
Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's news analysis mockup, "The Colbert Report," had a big year on the Internet. In addition to orchestrating a "wikiality" check for Wikipedia, Colbert attracted the second most number of links to a blog covering the White House correspondents' dinner.
The Wisdom of Crowds idea is a beautiful and elegant theory, despite any Aristotelian reservations you may have about the masses. Internet visionaries have applied the concept as a slogan for the participatory Web, and a deathblow to elitist information dissemination. Only problem is, only the elite are participating.
Jimmy started his opening keynote by showing the Wikiality video. Today he is talking about Our Movement Past, Present and Future. This is the most difficult talk he gives all year, because it is before people who know everything he knows plus more.
Wikipedia got a painful dose of "wikiality" this week as the online encyclopedia's greatest strength became its worst nightmare. Wikipedia editors, meet Stephen Colbert, whose satirical crusade against "truthiness" arrived with the mocking tone of Monty Python's coconut hoof beats.
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