[Search-l] Micro search engine / semi-wiki ?

[John McCormac]

george.mckeon at ghq.com wrote:
> John / Jim
> 
> I have been doing the GHQ.com project for a few years and developed  the 
> current live site at GHQ.com http://www.ghq.com
> 
> Basically it is intended to be a global search engines for weddings  and 
> celebrations where content is contributed on a semi wiki basis.  
> Obviously our content will have to increase substantially.

It is a micro search engine with a clearly defined niche George,
That makes it a lot easier to monetise than a generic search engine. The 
other important distinction is that it exists.

> My intent was to create a search engine that is on specific real  events 
> and contributed on a semi-wiki basis.
> 
> My question is: Does this qualify as a type of "micro-search engine"  or 
> a type of "wiki" ?

It looks like a micro-search engine with a clearly identified market 
that is built with a wiki. It is a very good example of an ideal Wikia 
type search project. For this kind of project, the wiki aspect adds a 
layer of context to the data in a way that an ordinary search engine 
could not.

Search engines like this have a far better chance of becoming authority 
sites in their niche markets than generic search engines like Google. 
They remove a lot of the noise from the search results and make it 
easier for the user. It also has an element of social networking and the 
way in which the events are grouped solves the geolocation aspect of 
search. (One of the big problems in the search business is in 
correlating websites with their locations in the real world.)

> PS: Originally from Drogheda.
> Sorry about your non existent summer.

Things seem to be getting better. It didn't rain today - yet. (Though it 
is only 0604 in the morning.) :)

Regards...jmcc
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