Wikia Search to launch Jan. 7
Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on January 2, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales plans to launch Wikia Search  , an open-source search project, on Jan. 7. Wikia Search will aim to eventually compete with the established search engine giants.
Technology enthusiasts and Wiki fans will be able to participate in the construction of the engine, by filtering sites and ranking search results, based on a model similar to Wikipedia.
Wales hopes that Wikia Search will draw users through its more transparent model, which shows users how they got to the search results.
As was the case for Wikipedia though, it will probably take some time for the service to develop, as more contributors and Wiki-fans join in.
Source: Washington Post through European Journalism Centre
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