Comments on: Wikipedia-based Search Engine: The Next Google? http://bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/ Internet Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Blogger Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:21:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bram http://bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 Bram Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:06:48 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/#comment-1302 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." 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.”

]]> By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten http://bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:33:53 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/#comment-1272 He Jimbo, where can we find out what IS going on? Please provide us with a link! He Jimbo, where can we find out what IS going on? Please provide us with a link!

]]> By: Bram http://bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Bram Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:23:58 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/#comment-1271 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. 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.

]]> By: Jimbo Wales http://bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Jimbo Wales Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:20:04 +0000 http://www.bomega.com/2006/12/24/wikipedia-based-search-engine-the-next-google/#comment-1270 TechCrunch has it all wrong. The Wikia <a href="http://search.wikia.com/" rel="nofollow">Search</a> project has nothing to do with the screenshot they are showing and nothing to do with Wikipedia at all. 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.

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