Wikipedia-based Search Engine: The Next Google?
Sun, Dec 24, 2006
Business, Business Theory, Developing, Innovation, Inspiration, Money
Techcrunch reports on a new project by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. Read it if you are interested in the future of search:
Techcrunch: Wikipedia-based Search Engine
UPDATE: Jimmy Wales left a comment that the article on Techcrunch isn’t correct and the screenshot has nothing to do with what they are working on. More information on the search.wikia.com page: http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
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TechCrunch has it all wrong. The Wikia Search project has nothing to do with the screenshot they are showing and nothing to do with Wikipedia at all.
I can imagine that this will turn out to be very popular. When googling (is that a verb?) I often type ‘wiki’ at the end of a search query just to get right to a wiki entry.
But on the other hand you can already add Wikipedia search to your Firefox search thingy. So I hope this will be one hell of a smart search engine, one that adds value to your searches.
He Jimbo, where can we find out what IS going on? Please provide us with a link!
http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
“Reporters and bloggers note: Amazon has nothing to do with this project. They are a valued investor in Wikia, but people are really speculating beyond the facts. This has nothing to do with A9, Amazon, etc.
Update: The TechCrunch story is also wrong. This project has nothing to do with the screenshot they are running, and this search project has nothing to do with Wikipedia.”