Wikipedia’s search Jan 7
Wikipedia’s search application, Wiki Search, will be launched on January 7, 2008. Like the popular online encyclopedia. Wikia Search will also be an open source and community enterprise.
Apart from the usual search algorithm and Web crawler, Wikia Search will also use the help of technology enthusiasts of its wide spread community to rank and filter sites. Wikipedia founders believe this will make the search more transparent and human.
Popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo work solely on algorithms which sometimes throw up irrelevant search results. Wikia Search will not come fully armed to take on established players but will evolve over time its Wikipedia did.
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