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Wikia Search Engine to be Launched on January 7th

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wisdom-of-crowds dept.

cagnol writes "The Washington Post reports that Jimmy Wales, the founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has announced the launch of a new open-source search engine, Wikia Search, on January 7th, 2008. The project will allow the community to help rank search results, in a model close to Wikipedia. However the company is a for-profit organization. This new search is supposed to challenge Google and Yahoo."

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  1. Re:Challenging Google? by jo42 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    google is in the advertising matching business And this is why Google is Evil. They use their massive advertising revenue to give away services for free. Much like when a Walmart comes into town, the local shops go out of business.