Google Donates $2 Million to Wikimedia

Google Donates $2 Million to Wikimedia

Techtree News Staff, Feb 17, 2010 1856 hrs IST

Wikimedia is behind popular sites like Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikimedia Commons

Google, in what seems to be an act of benevolence has donated a sum of $2 million to the Wikimedia Foundation. The foundation, as you might be aware is the group behind Wikipedia, the world s largest online encyclopedia and reference website.

The revelation of the donation was made by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia now a board member of the Wikimedia foundation in a tweet yesterday. The formal announcement is expected to happen today.

Apart from Wikpedia, the Wikimedia foundation houses projects like Wikibooks, a book repository, Wiktionary, an online dictionary and the Wikimedia Commons - a repository of images, videos and files. It also pertinent to note that Google search results usually have a Wikipedia link right at the top of the page making it one of the most visible links that are accessed from Google