New Wikia Search Engine Now Live

[The Bar Keep]

Search Wikia, the widely awaited search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, made its official debut today.
Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service
Monday, January 07, 2008 6:00 AM PST


Search Wikia, the widely awaited search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is slated to make its official debut on Monday, with the bet that an open-source, community-driven effort can disrupt and reshape this Google-dominated market.

However, people who give the search engine a test drive on Monday shouldn't expect a Google killer, because they will be looking at a project that is at a very early stage and will need participation from volunteers to grow and be refined, Wales said.

In that sense, Search Wikia is expected to develop in a similar fashion to Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia written and edited by a community of volunteer collaborators who have expanded it and improved it organically over the years.

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http://alpha.search.wikia.com/

http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia


It's way too early to pass judgement on this new search engine. I will say this though, if they plan to be ready in 2 years the market will have changed 4 times by that time making their business plan outdated out of the gate. JMHO.

[2boysandtoys]

I did not (yet) read the full detail but went to 'it' and did a search.  Nodda results.  It's an interesting concept to NOT bring forward some organic or existing data, but rather assume it will be built. 

I see search engines differently than I see wikopedia.  I can't explain why, so will work to get my arms around my thoughts - but it would be nice if some content were organic to the 'search' function  eh?