[Search-l] invites/launch?

[Seth Finkelstein]

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 03:26:34PM +0000, John McCormac wrote:
> So any updates on the invites and will the project launch on January 7th 
> as planned?
> 
> Regards...jmcc

	He said it, I didn't:

The Google Challengers: 2008 Edition
http://searchengineland.com/080103-084033.php

Now Wikia Search is at hand. A private "pre-alpha" test started in
late December, an invite-only thing I still find odd for a service
that's supposedly all about the "transparency." But on Monday, the
general public will finally get a look at whatever Wales and his team
have concocted. In the meantime, while Wales still hasn't posted any
news since July 27 to the "news" section of Search Wikia, press
reports tell us so far:

    * Only a tiny 50 to 100 million pages will be indexed at
      launch. The major search engines today have tens of billions of
      pages indexed. (AP)
       
    * There will be a high degree of human editorial influence, though
      whether that's over the algorithm or the search results on a
      per-query basis remains to be seen (CMP)
       
    * An early screenshot suggested that Search Wikia might be
      evolving more into a Facebook-style service, perhaps with some
      ways for users to share results (Matthew Buckland & Wired)


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