[Search-l] Wikia Press Release on search project

[jer]

Thanks Seth, I was hoping to say something first but this (media  
stuff) all happened kind of quickly :)

I apologize to the list about the PR sensationalism, I'm really just  
here as a deeply interested and passionate individual trying to  
contribute what I can since I share the vision.

I do have a bunch of ideas/discussions that, like everyone should,  
I'll be sending to the list and putting on the wiki as I find time.  
If it isn't obvious, one of the areas I'll personally be coding and  
developing is around an open protocol and how it can play what I  
think is a very cool role in building a search technology community.   
For those that noticed my post here in Jan, I've been working on  
ideas for the protocol for some time now.

Anyway, cheers all!

Jer


On May 1, 2007, at 9:11 AM, Seth Finkelstein wrote:

> [Disclaimer - I'm only reposting this.]
>
> http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/5/emw523078.htm
>
> Jabber Founder Jeremie Miller Joins Forces with Jimmy Wales to Build
> Open Search Platform
>
> Miller to spearhead development of a new search platform combining
> human intelligence with open protocols.
>
> San Mateo, Calif. (PRWEB) May 1, 2007 -- Wikia, Inc. (www.wikia.com)
> the leading provider of community resources for building and
> organizing free content on every topic, today announced that Jabber
> founder Jeremie Miller has joined forces with Wikia founder Jimmy
> Wales to collaborate on building a new search platform founded on
> open-source search protocols and human collaboration.
>
> Miller is widely recognized as the inventor of Jabber, an open instant
> messaging community and the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
> (XMPP), which is an open protocol that allows instant messaging
> platforms to interoperate and users to communicate freely and safely.
> Building on the same principles, Miller hopes to combine the
> transparency and power of an open protocol with the efficacy of a
> user-editable search experience.
>
> "The Internet and Web are founded on completely open principles, I've
> championed this philosophy for instant messaging and believe that the
> awesome power of search should be based on the same fundamental
> rules," said Jeremie Miller. "The power of a simple protocol is that
> it enables networks of resources to collaborate openly, to be
> constructive instead of competitive. I'm eager to work with Jimmy and
> empower everyone in the search industry with a transparent
> collaborative open protocol, from researchers, to developers, vertical
> search startups, and most importantly, end users."
>
> The conversation is evolving at Wikia's search.wikia.com
> (www.search.wikia.com) community wiki, through which Wikia is funding
> and supporting the development of something radically new. Together
> Miller and Wales aim to build a new economy for Internet search that
> relies on absolute transparency, collaboration, and human intelligence
> to complement search algorithms.
>
> "Jeremie is a brilliant thinker and a natural fit to help
> revolutionize the world of search," said Jimmy Wales, founder and
> chairman of Wikia. "I believe Internet search is currently broken and
> the way to fix it is to build a community whose mission is to develop
> a search platform that is open and totally transparent. This is
> exactly what we've set out to do at search.wikia.com and we're
> thrilled to have Jeremie helping evolve this vision."
>
> For more information or to get involved, please visit:  
> www.search.wikia.com
>
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