Wikipedia Search Engine to Challenge Google and Yahoo

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Wikipedia founder says he can best Google and Yahoo

Wikia Inc., the company responsible for Wikipedia, formally announced that it will be collaborating on an Internet search engine project to rival that of Google's and Yahoo's own search engine. Unofficial announcements that Wikia would enter the search engine market surfaced late last year.

According to Wikia Inc. founder Jimmy Wales, there's nothing really special about how Google and Yahoo perform searches, and that there is a misconception about a company like Google. "The idea that Google has some edge because they've got super-duper rocket scientists may be a little antiquated now," said Wales.

Responsible for the direction and growth of Wikipedia, Wales has transformed the site from merely a technological demonstration tool to something that is now one of the most popular online destinations. Wales said he believes that a collection of people working as a community will be able to push search engine technology faster and further than a traditional company. Similar to the way that the online community transformed Wikipedia, Wales hopes that this movement can be applied to search.

According to Wales, Wikia Inc. hopes to take as much as five percent of the search engine market, though no target date was given as to when the goal would be achieved. Wales did mention however, that his company received a total of $4 million from investors and a "very large investment" from Amazon.com. Wales declined to comment on what kind of stake Amazon had in Wikia Inc.

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[TheMajor]

IF they want users, it should be fast. Like Google. It shouldn't be bloated and slow like Live.com

 

[hmammen]

Nothing will pwn google....not in our lifetime....

 

[Kharn]

IF wiki can do it more power to them I wish them luck.

 

[Raze664]

Nothing will pwn google....not in our lifetime....

Electro Magnetic Pulse on All the Servers?

 

[Kharn]

Nope drop a nuke on the servers, any new news on this story?

 

[ben_ben]

A simple way to test how good a search engine is
search this at live.com
anytorrents.com
now at google notice that google found results and live didn't?
so im pretty sure google did something right considering i uploaded these almost a year ago
even yahoo will only find 4

Google FTW

 

[Kharn]

A simple way to test how good a search engine is
search this at live.com
anytorrents.com
now at google notice that google found results and live didn't?
so im pretty sure google did something right considering i uploaded these almost a year ago
even yahoo will only find 4

Google FTW

Shame less Plug.

 

[ben_ben]

Shame less Plug.

What???

 

[peterhuang913]

What???

why did you bring this back up?