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Yes, it definitely does. Which actually is a problem for Wikipedia because it encourages people/companies to try to get entries into WP for SEO purposes and so that the sidebox will show up. I spend a lot of time on the "articles for deletion" pages of WP trying to get these promotional pages out of the encyclopedia. A big success is when I see them disappear from search results. (BTW, the various ways that self-published authors of written crap game the system is truly astonishing. A+ for effort, and their skill in PR is way beyond their literary skills.) kc On 5/6/15 8:33 AM, Bigwood, David wrote: > I have heard that at least part of the sidebox is constructed using data from Wikipedia, especially the structured info in the infobox there. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 9:21 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Hours > > Tom, Google will not tell you. The entirety of how Google search works is a trade secret. We don't know the algorithm for ranking, and we don't know what information they glean from web pages -- and they are unlikely to tell. It is a constant on the schema.org discussion list that developers want to know what Google/Bing/Yahoo/Yandex will do with specific information in the web pages, and it is a constant that the reps there reply: we cannot tell you that. The only way to find out is to code and observe. > > kc -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net m: +1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600