Wikia search engine goes head-to-head with Google

[Gigacore]

Are humans really better search filters than computers? That's the question Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes to answer as he unveils his new human-powered search engine on Monday.

Mr. Wales will open the doors to curious Web users to begin developing Wikia, the open-source search engine that borrows a page from his original free encyclopedia. It also tries to steal a little thunder away from the reigning search champ, Google Inc.

"We're publishing all the algorithms so everyone can see how things work and we're publishing all the data as well, so other people can collaborate with us to create other kinds of search indexes," Mr. Wales said in an interview.

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[CadCrazy]

Thanks for info.

[fun2sh]

thanks for info

[mavihs]

thanx for the info!!!!!!!!

[nvidia]

Thanks for the info!

[goobimama]

That's all you guys can say? Thanks for the info?

Anyway, Thanks for the info.

[cooldudie3]

thanks for the info!
Anyways do you think it will be better than google? i don't think so...

[DigitalDude]

lol Jimmy wales must be inspired by the Google pigeon rank
http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html



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[Anindya]

Isnt Google PigeonRank page a joke? Coz at the end of the page i found this line
"Note: This page was posted for April Fool's Day - 2002."

[Indyan]

Yes it is. DigitalDude was just joking.
Anyway, there is already a human powered engine. Its Chacha. Although its working is slightly different.

[goobimama]

Anidya nominated for n00b of the week! PMing Arsenal...

[DigitalDude]

^^^

haha who won for previous week