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Be the first to know when your Wikipedia page is edited. WikiAlerts™ sends real-time, easy-to-read email alerts the moment a tracked page changes, and lets you revert vandalism in near real time. It’s free: track up to 20 pages.

Why monitor Wikipedia

Your Wikipedia page is part of your reputation, whether you watch it or not.

Monitoring changes to corporate or executive Wikipedia pages is an essential component of reputation management. Wikipedia consistently takes the top spots in search results for brands and notable individuals.

It is also frequently the source of information in Google Knowledge Panels for top executives. When the page changes, the narrative that surfaces in search can change with it.

Being the first to know when that page changes is a must for anyone managing brand reputation or communications.

See how Wikipedia feeds the search results page →
Ranks on page one
For most brands and notable individuals, the Wikipedia article holds one of the top organic positions in Google.
Feeds Knowledge Panels
Google often pulls the facts in an executive’s Knowledge Panel directly from Wikipedia.
Edited by anyone, anytime
Pages can be changed at any moment. Without monitoring, you find out too late.
The alert

Think of it as Google Alerts for Wikipedia.

At launch we described WikiAlerts™ as the “Google Alerts” for tracking Wikipedia edits, traffic, and trends. The moment a tracked page is edited, a real-time, easy-to-read email lands in your inbox. If the edit is malicious or destructive, a Revert Vandalism button lets you undo it immediately.

Start tracking a page →
The WikiAlerts My Alerts screen for a tracked company's Wikipedia page (sample data): the latest edit, the editor's username and comment, and the changed Controversies text with deletions struck through and additions underlined in red.
WikiAlerts™, the latest-edits view. A tracked page (sample data): who edited, when, the editor’s comment, and every deletion and addition marked inline, instead of a raw revision diff.

WikiAlerts™ turns the often-confusing history of a Wikipedia page into something a communications team can actually act on. Each alert is built to read at a glance and to be acted on in seconds.

Real-time email
Alert
An easy-to-read email is sent the moment a tracked page is edited, so you are the first to know rather than the last.
Revert Vandalism
In-email action
A feature in the alert email that lets users immediately revert an edit once they have identified it as malicious or destructive. Our way of helping users keep their digital reputation fair and vandalism-free.
Edit history, clarified
Navigation
Easily navigate the often-confusing history of any Wikipedia page, with each change laid out plainly instead of buried in revision diffs.
Activity & traffic
Monitoring
Monitor activity, changes, and traffic to tracked pages, including vandalism and other edits, over time.
What WikiAlerts™ does

A virtual assistant for your communications team.

First launched as a beta, WikiAlerts™ was built to do the watching so your team does not have to, and to put a response one click away when it counts.

Built and proven in-house

Adopted as an indispensable tool for tracking Wikipedia.

We knew WikiAlerts™ was ready for showtime when our own content and account management teams began using it for all of their tracking. It quickly became an everyday instrument for the people closest to the work.

We see it adopted by brand managers, chief communications officers, and PR managers as an indispensable tool for following the conversation about their Wikipedia reputation.

How we manage Wikipedia for clients →
Real-time
email alerts on edits
1-click
revert vandalism
Page one
where Wikipedia ranks
2003
advising on reputation since
Get started

Start tracking your Wikipedia page.

WikiAlerts™ is free for up to 20 pages: sign up at wikialerts.fiveblocks.com and you are the first to know when something changes. If an edit needs a response, tell us here. For active issues, we respond promptly.

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