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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."

2 of 189 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Your track record says otherwise by ToiletDuck · · Score: 0, Troll

    Perhaps you'd like to come to my talk page at Wikipedia and tell me what you're upset about. Why? So you can call him a troll once you get on your own turf?
  2. Re:Challenging Google? by Instine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not all competition is healthy. Grow up.

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    Because you can - or because you should?