Wikipedia's Search Engine Plan 102
jasonoik writes "Wikia, the commercial company founded by Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, reveals plans for a new, editable search engine. They say that the goal of the project is to get 5% of the search market. The service does not yet an official release date. The article also leaves open the possibility that the search results may contain ads, and concludes by listing figures of the web advertisement market." Update: 03/11 17:24 GMT by KD : Wikia and Wikipedia are separate companies.
Sheesh, I read that as "edible search engine" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fucking inaccurate (Score:5, Funny)
Tom
Re:WP is the Anti-Google (Score:3, Funny)
400 pictures of penises, vaginas, and one picture of a penis covered in something that looks like it came out of the OTHER opening.
Re:Fucking inaccurate (Score:3, Funny)
I can feel my Karma burning
wikiality (Score:4, Funny)
According to Wikipedia, that goal of 5% will triple in the next six months.
Re:WP is the Anti-Google (Score:5, Funny)
You searched for: Bill Gates you got: 400 pictures of penises, vaginas, and one picture of a penis covered in something that looks like it came out of the OTHER opening.
The system works.
Re:Fucking inaccurate (Score:2, Funny)
This is Slashdot, you insensitive clod!
Re:Fucking inaccurate (Score:4, Funny)
Your requirements for a news service are too stringent: they at least got the names kinda matching kinda nice. Plus maybe they meant behind Wikipedia in a more physical and sarcastic manner.
Plus, they seem to be in the middle of some sort of reorganization there, every article is from a new, different department. It must be hell to do this AND still run the site without interruption.
I want to applaud the Slashdot team for their professionalism: guys, we're behind you.
Re:Wikipedia's search sucks ass! (Score:5, Funny)
Everybody can do a search engine that works with the occasional typo. Real search engines know what I mean when I'm not even close [google.com].
Whoops, that search was run 2 minutes ago (Score:4, Funny)
"Tom is a FAG"
"Bilbo Lives!"
"Search engine optimization: do it the Wiki way"
"In the year 1432, the United States of America was founded by Bill Gates and his horde of windows-operating-system killbots..."
Re:Fucking inaccurate (Score:4, Funny)
At least I think that's how Wikipedia works.
Re:Fucking inaccurate (Score:4, Funny)
Right, I suppose next you're going to tell us about your PhD & other certifications right ?
Re:WP is the Anti-Google (Score:5, Funny)
You searched for: Bill Gates
You Got: Wikipedia Articles on how wonderful the second coming of Ayn Rand will be.
You searched for: Vaginas
You Got: Wikipedia Articles on how wonderful the second coming of Ayn Rand will be.
This sentence needs another verb or something (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sheesh, I read that as "edible search engine" (Score:4, Funny)