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

[Andre Engels]

2007/8/3, george.mckeon at ghq.com <george.mckeon at ghq.com>:

> I would like to contribute to the discussion but I do not know what I
> have developed in the current language of "wiki".
>
> 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.
>
> 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" ?
>
> Or would I merely be seen as someone trying for self promotion of
> their own project if I tried to contribute to the discussion ?
>
> Do I have anything to contribute to the wikia.com project in the
> GHQ.com project ?

To me this is closer to a wiki than to a search engine as I think we
are discussing here. The big difference is that your search engine is
only for searching on your own site, it is a local search engine on a
specific database. It is closer to a wiki - enabling people to put
their own material on your site to share it with the world. However,
it differs from a wiki in that people cannot later change other
people's pages, so I guess it would be better to put it under the more
general umbrella of 'Web 2.0'.

To get into the micro-search engine as I see them (not sure about
John), you would have to have to enable people to search for your
specific type of content if it is elsewhere on the web, not just your
own site. Which would give the new problems of finding the content and
selecting whether it is applicable - which are the places where I see
cooperation and help from volunteers come in.

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