No adverts
Jimmy Wales has created wikipedia to have no adverts. This is a design feature and stops the user from getting distracted from the article. It also isn’t annoying for the user and it makes the site look more professional. This attracts new customers to the website and increase popularity. However there are negatives to not having adverts. Wikipedia only rely on donations to keep their business running. When the business is running low on funds it displays a message on their pages asking for donations from wikipedia users. Below is a screen shot of this message which is sometimes located on the top of the webpage.
Jimmy Wales has created wikipedia to have no adverts. This is a design feature and stops the user from getting distracted from the article. It also isn’t annoying for the user and it makes the site look more professional. This attracts new customers to the website and increase popularity. However there are negatives to not having adverts. Wikipedia only rely on donations to keep their business running. When the business is running low on funds it displays a message on their pages asking for donations from wikipedia users. Below is a screen shot of this message which is sometimes located on the top of the webpage.