Wikia lets companies add their widgets as search results

Wikia lets companies add their widgets as search results

If you want the most useful information possible to appear in response to a search, why not allow information portals like the community news aggregator Digg and travel site Kayak add it themselves? Search Wikia is opening itself up to allow companies to do just… Continue Reading

Search Wikia returns for more punishment with new features

Search Wikia returns for more punishment with new features

It seems that all major new search engines undergo a somewhat similar birth. For months before they’re seen, they’re hyped, and anticipation builds to a fever pitch. The phrase “Google Killer” is inevitably bandied about. Then they’re released … to mass disappointment. The crowd disperses,… Continue Reading

Search Wikia takes a step closer to the promise of ’search meets Wikipedia’

Search Wikia takes a step closer to the promise of ’search meets Wikipedia’

When the guy behind Wikipedia launches a search engine, the world is going to watch. And watch they did when Jimmy Wales unveiled Search Wikia in January — perhaps a little too closely. I say that because while some were expecting to see a “Google-killer“,… Continue Reading

Search Wikia gets slammed, here’s our review

Search Wikia gets slammed, here’s our review

Search Wikia search engine has received mixed reviews, to say the least, since launching this morning.

We’ve covered some of its business and social aspects and an initial look when it first launched, but have since had more time to tinker with it.

The harsh reviews resulted… Continue Reading

Search Wikia launches: Will it threaten Google?

Search Wikia launches: Will it threaten Google?

[Update: See our subsequent post here, which includes a deeper look, after Search Wikia gets slammed by other initial reviews]

Search Wikia, a new search engine site, has launched publicly after two weeks of private testing.

The search engine has been highly anticipated for its unique, open-source… Continue Reading

Wikia to launch new social search engine, more on Monday

Wikia to launch new social search engine, more on Monday

Search Wikia, the highly anticipated search engine by Wikia, the for-profit company of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, will launch publicly on Monday. It is currently in private testing mode, and we’ll write more upon launch.

The huge success of Wikipedia in mobilizing humans makes this project… Continue Reading

Roundup: Search Wikia to take on Google, Adready, Ideeli, EyeQ, more

Roundup: Search Wikia to take on Google, Adready, Ideeli, EyeQ, more

Here’s the latest action:

1. Search Wikia could go live by Christmas, to take on Google
2. Nick Denton, the nemesis of Silicon Valley, makes himself editor of Gawker
3. DocStoc, fresh with cash, gives away $50 Amazon gift certificate daily to user uploading best quality docs
4. AdReady,… Continue Reading