Are there free online encyclopedias that can compete with the Wikipedia?
A review of the Wikipedia and competing free online encyclopedias. It seems everybody uses the Wikipedia these days, as it gives surfers a short-cut to relevant and concise information on nearly any topic. The large number of sites that link to the Wikipedia have given its article a strong standing in regular search engine results, as well, bringing in even more visitors. The question we ask is: Are there any serious free alternatives to the Wikipedia out there? We have tested the content of several free online encyclopedias by doing a search for three topics we know quite a bit about: the renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno, our home country Norway and the search engine Google. Wikipedia The Wikipedia has now close to 8 million articles in 253 languages, 1.91 million of which are in the English edition. It is written collaboratively by volunteers around the world and the vast majority of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet. This has led to a lot of deba
