[Search-l] twin principles, or what brings us together?

[Nathan Braun]

1. Why does Wikia need to have a profit* motive in the first place?

* Profit adds frictions; the Singularity probably will not tolerate much
more friction in an area dominated by a company (Google) that presumably
operates as friction-free as a for-profit company can reasonably get..??

2. Shouldn't there be a "purely nonprofit" open source search engine?
Should this be a spinoff from/derivative to/basis for Wikia Search?

3. Have we finally named this thing yet?  How is the name going to be
determined?  By polling/vote/democracy or some other method??

4. In the meantime, most of you have probably seen this (today from
Read/WriteWeb)?
Top 17 Search Innovations Outside Of
Google<http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_17_search_innovations.php>
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_17_search_innovations.php
5. We need to get Wikia/search (or whatever its called) on this list, asap!

On 5/7/07, Keith Botley <Keith at botley.net> wrote:
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> Quality not filtered through a profit motive.
>
> Wikia Search is a for profit venture so how will the business model effect
> the search results. For instance Google makes a point to tell us that
> there
> are sponsored results at the top and right margins but do we really know
> that this is the only case?
>
> If I make a wikia search will I know, without a doubt, that I am seeing
> the
> most relevant crawled pages that are thoughtfully ranked by the user
> population?
>
> Keith Botley
>
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> > Nobody yet pointed out a completely glaring omission, the obvious
> > one, and perhaps the most important unifying principle of the three now:
>
> >       Quality - Significantly improve the relevancy and accuracy of
> search
>
> > results and the searching experience.
>
> Jer
>
> On May 7, 2007, at 1:59 AM, jer wrote:
>
> > One thing I've spent a lot of time trying to summarize is what is it
> > that really brought us together, what defines this effort in the
> > simplest way?
> >
> > Here's what I've come up with so far as my twin principles:
> >
> >       Transparency - Openness in how the systems and algorithms operate,
> > both in the form of open source licenses and open content + APIs.
> >       Collaboration - Everyone is able to contribute in some way (as
> > individuals or entire organizations), strong social and community
> > focus.
> >
> > We are a search community built on a shared belief in Transparency
> > and Collaboration... I hope that rings true for everyone else here,
> > it's what I personally believe in as the foundation for a better
> > search.
> >
> > Jer
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