[Search-l] wrong questions

[Paul Vixie]

> > domain names are brands, and swlabs.org isn't a meaningful one for an SVN
> > used by this project.  i suggest moving it to svn.search.wikia.com or
> > svn.search.isc.org or similar, and adding a bug tracker, or installing a
> > sourceforge instance, or similar.  a wiki by itself does not a community
> > make.
> 
> That sounds good to me, but I know Jer was interested in swlabs.org as a 
> domain to really help with the perception problem you identified about 
> Wikia as "sole driver".

if it were a strong existing brand that would work.  since it looks like a
personal throwaway domain then it could look to some as a wikia shill.

> > you've gotta write a whitepaper to that effect.  not just an e-mail
> > message and not a wiki article, but an honest to gods high end
> > marketing hit piece which you roll up and brandish at audiences when
> > you speak about wikia search.  the noncredibility of the early claims
> > about "taking on google" is the biggest weakness wikia search has got.
> 
> And this meme (which comes mostly from the media that loves a David and
> Goliath story) is also probably the biggest strength we have got right
> now.  It's a monster either way. :)

the truth is stronger.  i recommend running with it and abandoning the meme.
-- 
Paul Vixie