[Search-l] Valleywag: Is one of these eight search engines the next Google? (Hint: No.)

[Seth Finkelstein]

Search Wikia (nee Wikiasari): Today Britannica, tomorrow the world

Twist: Open-source search engine by Wikia, the company of Wikipedia
founder Jimmy Wales, contrasts with the "black boxes" of Google and Yahoo.

Hubris: CEO says Wikia wants 5% of the search market. Wales: "The idea
that Google has some edge because they've got super-duper rocket
scientists may be a little antiquated now." Also: "Search...is broken."

Results for "house": Well we have to build a search first, no?

Status: Much-hyped, but the actual site is just a placeholder-style wiki

Chance of success: Five percent share? 30/1, if Wikia actually sticks
with the project. Look at this this way: director Quentin Tarantino
talks about a million projects before he finally makes one. Of course
that one kicks ass, but don't get fooled into thinking the others will
ever see daylight.

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